uacari
Portuguese, noun/u.a.kaˈɾi/
uacari is spelled U-A-C-A-R-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uacari is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bald uakari (Cacajao calvus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “(Regionalismo: Brasil) o mesmo que acariaçu (Pseudacanthicus histrix)”.
What does uacari mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinebald uakari (Cacajao calvus)
- 2
Brazilmasculineuakari (any monkey in the genus Cacajao)
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinealternative form of acari
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Regionalismo: Brasil) o mesmo que acariaçu (Pseudacanthicus histrix) 2. (Regionalismo: Brasil) o mesmo que cascudo ('designação comum') 3. designação comum aos macacos, diurnos e arborícolas, do gênero Cacajao, da família dos cebídeos, encontrados especialmente nas florestas alagadas da Amazônia; corpo de até 57 cm de comprimento, cauda curta e cabeça inteira ou parcialmente desprovida de pelos 4. macaco (Cacajao calvus calvus) de pelagem predominantemente branca e cara vermelha; macaco-inglês, uacari-branco
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 uacari
- uacaris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uacari?
- Brazil /u.a.kaˈɾi/
- Brazil /wa.kaˈɾi/
- Portugal /wɐ.kɐˈɾi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is uacari in Portuguese?
uacari appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).