pupa
Portuguese, noun/ˈpu.pɐ/
pupa is spelled P-U-P-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pupa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que ninfa (estado quiescente entre a larva e a imago, nos insetos holometabólicos)”.
What does pupa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepupa (insect in its development stage between a larva and an adult)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que ninfa (estado quiescente entre a larva e a imago, nos insetos holometabólicos)
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 pupa
- pupas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pupa?
- Brazil /ˈpu.pɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpu.pɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pupa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pupa in Portuguese?
pupa appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).