biboca
Portuguese, noun/biˈbɔ.kɐ/
biboca is spelled B-I-B-O-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biboca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a shack (poorly constructed building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “erosão ou fenda de terreno, provocada pela chuva”.
What does biboca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilderogatoryfeminineinformala shack (poorly constructed building)
Ele mora numa biboca.
- 2
Brazilderogatoryfeminineinformala remote or dangerous place
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erosão ou fenda de terreno, provocada pela chuva 2. buraco; grota; baiuca 3. casebre; habitação modesta 4. pequena taverna ou venda
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 biboca
- bibocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biboca?
- Brazil /biˈbɔ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is biboca in Portuguese?
biboca appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).