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Curupuri

Curupuri is the alternative form of Curupira.

Meaning of Curupira

Noun

curupira (plural curupiras)

  1. A male supernatural being in Brazilian folklore, a protector of forests, having hair made of fire and feet turned backwards.

Questions about Curupuri

What is Curupuri the alternative form of?
Curupuri is the alternative form of Curupira.

Words near Curupuri in the dictionary

  1. curubas
  2. curule
  3. curundum
  4. curupira
  5. curupiras
  6. Curupuri
  7. cururo
  8. cururos
  9. curva
  10. curvaceous
  11. curvaceously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Curupuri (page history and authors); curupira (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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