tempura
Portuguese, noun
tempura is spelled T-E-M-P-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 92,647th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tempura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard form of tempurá” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tempurá is a different word: “tempura (dish of deep-fried food)”.
What does tempura mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineEuropean Portuguese standard form of tempurá
noun
- 1
masculinetempura (dish of deep-fried food)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tempura
- tempuras plural
- tempurá alternative Brazil
- tempura alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tempura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tempura in Portuguese?
tempura appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).