areca
Portuguese, noun/aˈɾɛ.kɐ/
areca is spelled A-R-E-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese, the 187,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Areca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “areca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de palmeira indiana que não dá fruto”.
What does areca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineareca; betel palm (Areca catechu, an Asiatic palm)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de palmeira indiana que não dá fruto
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 areca
- arecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce areca?
- Brazil /aˈɾɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɾɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to areca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is areca in Portuguese?
areca appears about once in every 44 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).