portulaca
Portuguese, noun/poʁ.tuˈla.kɐ/
portulaca is spelled P-O-R-T-U-L-A-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Portulaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome cientifico da beldroega”.
What does portulaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome cientifico da beldroega
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 portulaca
- portulacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce portulaca?
- Brazil /poʁ.tuˈla.kɐ/
- Brazil [poh.tuˈla.kɐ]
- /poɾ.tuˈla.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to portulaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is portulaca in Portuguese?
portulaca appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).