urucubaca
Portuguese, noun/u.ɾu.kuˈba.kɐ/
urucubaca is spelled U-R-U-C-U-B-A-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Urucubaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bad luck, misfortune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “azar, feitiçaria”.
What does urucubaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininebad luck, misfortune
- 2
Brazilfemininewitchcraft
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. azar, feitiçaria
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 urucubaca
- urucubacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urucubaca?
- Brazil /u.ɾu.kuˈba.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is urucubaca in Portuguese?
urucubaca appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).