cururu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kururu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾuˈɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɾuˈɾu/

• Hyphenation: cu‧ru‧ru

Noun

cururu m (plural cururus)

1. (Brazil, botany) climbing plant of the sapindaceae family with poisonous juice
   1. (Brazil, botany) fruit of this plant used by the indigenous people to poison their arrows
2. (Brazil, botany) Tree (Dialium guianense) of the legume family, native to the Guianas and Brazil, with reddish, hard wood
3. (Brazil, zoology) common name for some large frogs of the bufonidae family
4. (Brazil, zoology) common name for several small rodents with a cylindrical body, large head, very small ears, short neck and tail, strong and long claws and stiff bristles on their paws
5. (Brazil) a kind of drumming
6. (São Paulo, Mato Grosso) circle dance

Derived terms

• sapo-cururu

 

Further reading

• “cururu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024