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tutano

Portuguese, noun/tuˈtɐ̃.nu/

tutano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “marrow (substance inside bones)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância gordurosa do interior dos ossos”.

What does tutano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemarrow (substance inside bones)

  2. 2

    masculinecore, heart, essence

  3. 3

    masculinecourage, capacity

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. substância gordurosa do interior dos ossos 2. medula 3. a parte subtil ou recôndita 4. âmago

noun: 1. tutano

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 tutano

  • tutanos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce tutano?

  • Brazil /tuˈtɐ̃.nu/
  • Portugal /tuˈtɐ.nu/
  • Portugal /tuˈta.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tutano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is tutano in Portuguese?

tutano 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).