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tamanduá

Portuguese, noun/ta.mɐ̃.duˈa/

tamanduá is spelled T-A-M-A-N-D-U-Á (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamanduá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anteater (any of several New World mammals in suborder Vermilingua)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero da ordem Pilosa que vive nas florestas e savanas das Américas Central e do Sul, desde o Belize até a…”.

What does tamanduá mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilmasculineanteater (any of several New World mammals in suborder Vermilingua)

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculineslanga great lie

  3. 3

    Brazilmasculineslanga difficult situation

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineslangscrooge

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mamífero da ordem Pilosa que vive nas florestas e savanas das Américas Central e do Sul, desde o Belize até a Argentina; alimenta-se de formigas e principalmente de cupins

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 tamanduá

  • tamanduás plural

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

How do you pronounce tamanduá?

  • Brazil /ta.mɐ̃.duˈa/
  • Brazil /ta.mɐ̃ˈdwa/
  • Portugal /tɐ.mɐ̃ˈdwa/

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

English words that translate to tamanduá

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

How common is tamanduá in Portuguese?

tamanduá appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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