urucubaca

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.kuˈba.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.kuˈba.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.kuˈba.ka/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧cu‧ba‧ca

Noun

urucubaca f (countable and uncountable, plural urucubacas) (Brazil)

1. bad luck, misfortune
2. witchcraft

Further reading

• “urucubaca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “urucubaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025