arrocha
Portuguese, noun/aˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/
arrocha is spelled A-R-R-O-C-H-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arrocha is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a popular music/dance style that originated in the interior of Bahia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of arrochar.
What does arrocha mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinea popular music/dance style that originated in the interior of Bahia
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 do you pronounce arrocha?
- Brazil /aˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/
- Brazil [aˈhɔ.ʃɐ]
- /aˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is arrocha in Portuguese?
arrocha appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).