saruê
Portuguese, noun/sa.ɾuˈe/
saruê is spelled S-A-R-U-Ê (5 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saruê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “large American opossum (any mammal in the genus Didelphis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does saruê mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinelarge American opossum (any mammal in the genus Didelphis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of saruê
- saruês plural
- saiguê alternative
- sarigueia alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saruê?
- Brazil /sa.ɾuˈe/
- Brazil /saˈɾwe/
- Portugal /sɐˈɾwe/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to saruê
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saruê in Portuguese?
saruê appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).