tucupi
Portuguese, noun/tu.kuˈpi/
tucupi is spelled T-U-C-U-P-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tucupi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tucupi (yellow sauce made from wild manioc root)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caldo fermentado extraído da raiz da mandioca amarela brava, temperado com ervas típicas da região amazônica…”.
What does tucupi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetucupi (yellow sauce made from wild manioc root)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caldo fermentado extraído da raiz da mandioca amarela brava, temperado com ervas típicas da região amazônica, como a chicória do Pará, a alfavaca e o cipó de alho, além de alho e sal
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 tucupi
- tucupis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tucupi?
- Brazil /tu.kuˈpi/
- Portugal /tu.kuˈpi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tucupi in Portuguese?
tucupi 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).