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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾu.kuˈba.kɐ/ [u.ɾu.kuˈβa.kɐ]

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

Noun

urucubaca f (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) bad luck, misfortune