barata
Portuguese, noun/baˈɾa.tɐ/
barata is spelled B-A-R-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,176th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Barata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cockroach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of barato. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “inseto pertencente à ordem Blattaria, em geral coabitando com os humanos e surgindo apenas de noite”.
What does barata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecockroach
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of barato
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 Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. inseto pertencente à ordem Blattaria, em geral coabitando com os humanos e surgindo apenas de noite 2. batedeira de fazer manteiga 3. mulher velha e feia 4. genitália feminina; vulva
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 barata
- baratas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce barata?
- Brazil /baˈɾa.tɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈɾa.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to barata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is barata in Portuguese?
barata appears 15 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).