turu
Portuguese, noun/tuˈɾu/
turu is spelled T-U-R-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shipworm (any mollusc of the family Teredinidae, which bores through the wooden hulls of ships)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molusco bivalve da família dos teredinídeos que perfuram madeira”.
What does turu mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineshipworm (any mollusc of the family Teredinidae, which bores through the wooden hulls of ships)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molusco bivalve da família dos teredinídeos que perfuram madeira 2. dinheiro, quantidade de dinheiro
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 turu
- turus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turu?
- Brazil /tuˈɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is turu in Portuguese?
turu 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).