babaca
Portuguese, noun/baˈba.kɐ/
babaca is spelled B-A-B-A-C-A (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babaca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “idiot, moron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo idiota, imbecil”.
What does babaca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininemasculineidiot, moron
- 2
Brazilfemininemasculineasshole
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininevulva
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de indivíduo idiota, imbecil
noun: 1. indivíduo idiota, imbecil
noun: 1. a vulva, a genitália feminina
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 babaca
- babacas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babaca?
- Brazil /baˈba.kɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈba.kɐ/
- Portugal [bɐˈβa.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 babaca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is babaca in Portuguese?
babaca appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).