baiuca
Portuguese, noun
baiuca is spelled B-A-I-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese, the 180,215th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baiuca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “small, inexpensive and sometimes poorly managed tavern” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, baiúca is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of baiuca; may still occur as a…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “taverna pequena e suja, frequentada pela ralé”.
What does baiuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesmall, inexpensive and sometimes poorly managed tavern
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of baiuca; may still occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vide baiuca
noun: 1. taverna pequena e suja, frequentada pela ralé 2. botequim simples que geralmente vende bebidas alcóolicas; bodega 3. habitação humilde, pobre, miserável; biboca 4. estabelecimento (casa de espetáculos, casa de jogo, bar etc.) ou outro lugar sem nenhuma categoria, de aspecto sórdido ou decadente, frequentado por pessoas desqualificadas, ou que abriga atividades clandestinas
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 baiuca
- baiucas plural
- baiúca alternative
- baiúcas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is baiuca in Portuguese?
baiuca appears about once in every 40 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).