saci
Portuguese, noun/saˈsi/
saci is spelled S-A-C-I (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saci is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Saci” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “personagem do folclore brasileiro, um negrinho de uma perna só, gorro vermelho e cachimbo, famoso por suas…”.
What does saci mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineSaci
- 2
Brazilmasculinestriped cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. personagem do folclore brasileiro, um negrinho de uma perna só, gorro vermelho e cachimbo, famoso por suas travessuras.
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 saci
- sacis plural
- Saci alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saci?
- Brazil /saˈsi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saci in Portuguese?
saci appears 1.9 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).