vicunha
Portuguese, noun/viˈkũ.ɲɐ/
vicunha is spelled V-I-C-U-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 90,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vicunha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vicuna (Vicugna vicugna, a camelid of South America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quadrúpede peruano que produz lã finíssima”.
What does vicunha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevicuna (Vicugna vicugna, a camelid of South America)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quadrúpede peruano que produz lã finíssima 2. tecido feito dessa lã
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 vicunha
- vicunhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vicunha?
- Brazil /viˈkũ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [viˈkũ.j̃ɐ]
- Portugal /viˈku.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vicunha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vicunha in Portuguese?
vicunha appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).