tambaqui
Portuguese, noun/tɐ̃.baˈki/
tambaqui is spelled T-A-M-B-A-Q-U-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tambaqui is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a vários peixes caracinídeos dos rios do Amazonas e do Pará, e mais particularmente à espécie…”.
What does tambaqui mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetambaqui (Colossoma macropomum)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a vários peixes caracinídeos dos rios do Amazonas e do Pará, e mais particularmente à espécie Colossoma bidens
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 tambaqui
- tambaquis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tambaqui?
- Brazil /tɐ̃.baˈki/
- Portugal /tɐ̃.bɐˈki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tambaqui in Portuguese?
tambaqui appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).