overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

coruja.

owl (a bird)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/Brazil/koˈɾu.ʒɐ/Brazil/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/Portugal
  1. owl (a bird)

    feminine
    As corujas caçam à noite.
  2. night person

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

adj/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/Brazil/koˈɾu.ʒɐ/Brazil/kuˈɾu.ʒɐ/Portugal
  1. overprotective

    feminine · informal · masculine
  2. nocturnal

    feminine · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Possibly from Late Latin curusa or of onomatopoetic origin. Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Leonese curuxa, Mirandese queruja and Spanish coruja, curuja.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

coruja has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

coruja studiocoruja workshello, coruja

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.