barracuda

English

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Etymology

First attested in the 1670s, from Latin American Spanish, perhaps from a Cariban word.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæɹəˈkuːdə/
• Rhymes: -uːdə

Noun

barracuda ‎(plural barracuda or barracudas)

1. Any large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena that have elongated bodies, a projecting lower jaw, displaying prominent fang-shaped teeth, and are aggressive predators.
2. (figuratively) An unethically predatory person.

Translations

marine fish

• Bulgarian: бараку́да f ‎(barakúda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梭子魚 (zh), 梭子鱼 (zh) ‎(suōziyú), 梭魚 (zh), 梭鱼 (zh) ‎(suōyú)

• Finnish: barrakuda (fi)
• Greek: σφύραινα f ‎(sfýraina), μπαρακούντα n ‎(barakoúnta)
• Japanese: バラクーダ ‎(barakūda), 梭子魚 ‎(かます, kamasu), カマス ‎(kamasu)

• Navajo: yílnoodii
• Portuguese: barracuda (pt) f
• Romanian: baracudă f
• Russian: барраку́да (ru) f ‎(barrakúda), морска́я щу́ка f ‎(morskája ščúka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: баракуда f

• Spanish: barracuda (es) f

See also

• barracouta

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French

Noun

barracuda m ‎(plural barracudas)

1. barracuda

External links

• “barracuda” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Noun

barracuda m ‎(invariable)

1. barracuda

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Portuguese

Noun

barracuda f (plural barracudas)

1. barracuda (large marine fish of the genus Sphyraena)

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): [ba̠.ra̠ˈku.da̠]

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps from a Cariban term.

Noun

barracuda f ‎(plural barracudas)

1. (fish) barracuda

Synonyms

• picuda