pirarucu
Portuguese, noun/pi.ɾa.ɾuˈku/
pirarucu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “arapaima (Arapaima gigas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tipo de peixe que ocorre em águas amazônicas, de nome científico Arapaima gigas e que pode atingir um grande…”.
What does pirarucu mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinearapaima (Arapaima gigas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tipo de peixe que ocorre em águas amazônicas, de nome científico Arapaima gigas e que pode atingir um grande porte
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pirarucu
- pirarucus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pirarucu?
- Brazil /pi.ɾa.ɾuˈku/
- Portugal /pi.ɾɐ.ɾuˈku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pirarucu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pirarucu in Portuguese?
pirarucu appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).