tucuxi
Portuguese, noun/tu.kuˈʃi/
tucuxi is spelled T-U-C-U-X-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tucuxi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos Sotalia fluviatilis, nativo da Amazônia e das costas do Atlântico, parecido…”.
What does tucuxi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero da ordem dos cetáceos Sotalia fluviatilis, nativo da Amazônia e das costas do Atlântico, parecido com um golfinho
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 tucuxi
- tucuxis plural
- tucuxy alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tucuxi?
- Brazil /tu.kuˈʃi/
- Portugal /tu.kuˈʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tucuxi in Portuguese?
tucuxi appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).