babaquice
Portuguese, noun/ba.baˈki.si/
babaquice is spelled B-A-B-A-Q-U-I-C-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Babaquice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obnoxious or jerkish act” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que ou de quem é babaca”.
What does babaquice mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilcolloquialfeminineobnoxious or jerkish act
- 2
Brazilcolloquialfemininejerkiness, assholery
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que ou de quem é babaca 2. tolice 3. maluquice
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 babaquice
- babaquices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce babaquice?
- Brazil /ba.baˈki.si/
- Portugal /bɐ.bɐˈki.sɨ/
- Portugal [bɐ.βɐˈki.sɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is babaquice in Portuguese?
babaquice 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).