tacacá
Portuguese, noun/ta.kaˈka/
tacacá is spelled T-A-C-A-C-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tacacá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a dish of northern Brazil made with paracress (jambu), tucupi, tapioca starch, and dried shrimps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “iguaria da região amazônica brasileira; é preparado com tucupi, goma, camarão e jambu”.
What does tacacá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea dish of northern Brazil made with paracress (jambu), tucupi, tapioca starch, and dried shrimps.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. iguaria da região amazônica brasileira; é preparado com tucupi, goma, camarão e jambu
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 tacacá
- tacacás plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tacacá?
- Brazil /ta.kaˈka/
- Portugal /tɐ.kɐˈka/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tacacá in Portuguese?
tacacá appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).