Curingas
Curingas is the plural of curinga, the Portuguese term for the joker card in a standard playing-card deck. The curinga is a special card that does not have a fixed suit and is commonly used as a wild card or as a substitute for other cards, depending on the rules of the game. The exact role of jokers varies by game and region; many contemporary decks include one or two jokers that players may designate as wild cards or as a specific high card.
In Canasta and related canasta-family games, Jokers are powerful wild cards and typically count as the highest
The term curingas is widely used in Brazilian Portuguese and Portuguese-speaking communities. Beyond cards, curinga can
Curingas and related concepts are part of a broader category of wild cards in card games, with