beijoca
Portuguese, noun/be(j)ˈʒɔ.kɐ/
beijoca is spelled B-E-I-J-O-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beijoca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “peck (short and noisy kiss)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of beijocar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno beijo; beijo”.
What does beijoca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalpeck (short and noisy kiss)
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. pequeno beijo; beijo
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 beijoca
- beijocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beijoca?
- Brazil /be(j)ˈʒɔ.kɐ/
- Brazil [be(ɪ̯)ˈʒɔ.kɐ]
- Portugal /bɐjˈʒɔ.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 beijoca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beijoca in Portuguese?
beijoca appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).