quetzal
Portuguese, noun/ketˈzaw/
quetzal is spelled Q-U-E-T-Z-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quetzal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “quetzal (bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família Trogonidae, com habitat na América Central”.
What does quetzal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequetzal (bird)
- 2
masculinequetzal (currency)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da família Trogonidae, com habitat na América Central 2. moeda da Guatemala
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 quetzal
- quetzais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quetzal?
- Brazil /ketˈzaw/
- Brazil [ketˈzaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kɨtˈzal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quetzal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quetzal in Portuguese?
quetzal appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).