saracura

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi sara'kura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ɾaˈku.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ɾaˈku.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.ɾaˈku.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾɐˈku.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: sa‧ra‧cu‧ra

Noun

saracura f (plural saracuras)

1. (zoology) rail (one of several birds of the Rallidae family that live in swamps or on river margins)
2. (botany) a plant of the Bignoniaceae family