vuvuzela
Portuguese, noun/vu.vuˈzɛ.lɐ/
vuvuzela is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “vuvuzela” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corneta de cerca de 65 cm de comprimento usada por torcedores em jogos de futebol”.
What does vuvuzela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevuvuzela
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corneta de cerca de 65 cm de comprimento usada por torcedores em jogos de futebol
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 vuvuzela
- vuvuzelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vuvuzela?
- Brazil /vu.vuˈzɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /vu.vuˈzɛ.lɐ/
- Portugal /bu.buˈzɛ.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vuvuzela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vuvuzela in Portuguese?
vuvuzela appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).