tucunaré
Portuguese, noun/tu.ku.naˈɾɛ/
tucunaré is spelled T-U-C-U-N-A-R-É (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 87,166th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tucunaré is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “peacock bass (especially Cichla ocellaris)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de peixe presente nos rios da América do Sul, em especial do Brasil; seu nome científico é Cichla…”.
What does tucunaré mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinepeacock bass (especially Cichla ocellaris)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de peixe presente nos rios da América do Sul, em especial do Brasil; seu nome científico é Cichla ocellaris 2. arbusto da família das leguminosas cujo nome científico é Dalbergia inundata
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 tucunaré
- tucunarés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tucunaré?
- Brazil /tu.ku.naˈɾɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tucunaré in Portuguese?
tucunaré appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).