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rusalka

Portuguese, noun/ʁuˈzaw.kɐ/

rusalka is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “rusalka (female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does rusalka mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininerusalka (female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of rusalka

  • rusalkas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rusalka?

  • Brazil /ʁuˈzaw.kɐ/
  • Brazil [huˈzaʊ̯.kɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to rusalka

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rusalka in Portuguese?

rusalka appears about once in every 71 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).