adriça
Portuguese, noun/aˈdɾi.sɐ/
adriça is spelled A-D-R-I-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adriça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “halyard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of adriçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabo para içar vergas, velas e bandeiras”.
What does adriça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehalyard
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabo para içar vergas, velas e bandeiras
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adriça
- adriças plural
- driça alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adriça?
- Brazil /aˈdɾi.sɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈdɾi.sɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈðɾi.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adriça in Portuguese?
adriça appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).