taturana
Portuguese, noun/ta.tuˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/
taturana is spelled T-A-T-U-R-A-N-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 107,947th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taturana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “moth caterpillar with stinging hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lagarta que produz sensação urticante ao toque”.
What does taturana mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoth caterpillar with stinging hair
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lagarta que produz sensação urticante ao toque
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 taturana
- taturanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taturana?
- Brazil /ta.tuˈɾɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /tɐ.tuˈɾɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal /tɐ.tuˈɾa.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is taturana in Portuguese?
taturana appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).