rapadura
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.paˈdu.ɾɐ/
rapadura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “scraping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida típica do Nordeste feita à base de cana-de-açúcar”.
What does rapadura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescraping
- 2
Brazilfemininedried sugarcane juice, sold in the form of a brick
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comida típica do Nordeste feita à base de cana-de-açúcar
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 rapadura
- rapaduras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rapadura?
- Brazil /ʁa.paˈdu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ha.paˈdu.ɾɐ]
- /ʁa.paˈdu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rapadura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rapadura in Portuguese?
rapadura appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).