tutu
Portuguese, noun/tuˈtu/
tutu is spelled T-U-T-U (4 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tutu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tutu (ballet skirt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prato feito com feijão cozido, engrossado com farinha de mandioca ou de milho”.
What does tutu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetutu (ballet skirt)
- 2
masculineslangmoney
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prato feito com feijão cozido, engrossado com farinha de mandioca ou de milho 2. prato feito com carne de porco, toicinho, feijão e farinha de mandioca 3. dinheiro, grana 4. monstro imaginário amedrontador de crianças desobedientes; bicho-papão
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 tutu
- tutus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tutu?
- Brazil /tuˈtu/
- Portugal /tuˈtu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tutu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tutu in Portuguese?
tutu appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).