yakuza
Portuguese, noun/jaˈku.zɐ/
yakuza is spelled Y-A-K-U-Z-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 39,523rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yakuza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “yakuza (Japanese organized crime gang)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “organização criminosa do Japão”.
What does yakuza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyakuza (Japanese organized crime gang)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineyakuza (member of that crime gang)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. organização criminosa do Japão 2. membro dessa organização criminosa
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 yakuza
- yakuzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yakuza?
- Brazil /jaˈku.zɐ/
- Portugal /jaˈku.zɐ/
- /jaˈku.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is yakuza in Portuguese?
yakuza appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).