pitangueira
Portuguese, noun/pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
pitangueira is spelled P-I-T-A-N-G-U-E-I-R-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pitangueira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Suriname cherry tree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore Eugenia uniflora”.
What does pitangueira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineSuriname cherry tree
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore Eugenia uniflora
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 pitangueira
- pitangueiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pitangueira?
- Brazil /pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [pi.tɐ̃ˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pitangueira in Portuguese?
pitangueira appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).