alcofa
Portuguese, noun/awˈko.fɐ/
alcofa is spelled A-L-C-O-F-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcofa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “basket with two handles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de seira ou cesto de material flexível com duas asas”.
What does alcofa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebasket with two handles
- 2
femininemobile cot, carrycot (box-shaped bed for babies)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de seira ou cesto de material flexível com duas asas 2. berço acolchoado portátil 3. pessoa intermediária em relações amorosas
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 alcofa
- alcofas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcofa?
- Brazil /awˈko.fɐ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈko.fɐ]
- Portugal /alˈko.fɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alcofa in Portuguese?
alcofa appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).