# poupa

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈpow.pɐ/ · frequency rank #17,109

## Definitions
1. ave coraciiforme, migratória, da família dos upupídeos (Upupa epops), encontrada na Europa, África e Ásia, de plumagem rosada, asas e cauda com bandas pretas e brancas, bico longo, curvo e pontiagudo e cabeça com uma grande crista de penas
2. o mesmo que crista (ornato)
3. elevação do cabelo à frente
4. polpa, carne mole do corpo, parte carnosa das frutas

## Easily confused with
- **puta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-puta)
- **puma** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-puma)
- **poxa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-poxa)
- **pouso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-pouso)
- **pousa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-pousa)
- **poupar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-poupar)
- **pousar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poupa-vs-pousar)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pop-vs-poupa)
- **papa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/papa-vs-poupa)
- **pipa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pipa-vs-poupa)
- **popa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/popa-vs-poupa)
- **porã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pora-vs-poupa)
- **poça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poca-vs-poupa)
- **poda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poda-vs-poupa)
- **pola** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pola-vs-poupa)
- **pouco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pouco-vs-poupa)
- **porta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/porta-vs-poupa)
- **podia** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/podia-vs-poupa)
- **porra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/porra-vs-poupa)
- **ponta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ponta-vs-poupa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`opupa`, `popua`, `pouap`, `pouppa`, `ppoupa`, `puopa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/poupa