récua
Portuguese, noun
récua is spelled R-É-C-U-A (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,592nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Récua is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pack (of mules, horses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, recua is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “manada de cavalgaduras”.
What does récua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepack (of mules, horses)
- 2
derogatoryfemininegang; bunch (any group of things or people)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. manada de cavalgaduras 2. grupo de indivíduos desprezíveis
noun: 1. ação de recuar
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 récua
- récuas plural
- récova alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is récua in Portuguese?
récua appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).