boca
Portuguese, noun
boca is spelled B-O-C-A (4 letters) and appears 132 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of bocar. With a cedilla, boça is a different word: “cable (cable fixed to a hook on the bow, which is used to tie a…”. With an accent, bôca is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “local por onde se introduzem os alimentos”.
What does boca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)
Evite respirar pela boca enquanto corre
- 2
femininemouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)
- 3
femininebrim (of a bottle or any other container)
Encha até a boca
- 4
feminineburner, ring (of a stove)
- 5
Brazilfeminineslangillegal drug shop
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininecable (cable fixed to a hook on the bow, which is used to tie a vessel)
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of boca
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. local por onde se introduzem os alimentos 2. o começo do aparelho digestivo 3. lábios 4. dito provocatório
noun: 1. corda fixa, atada numa argola ou arganéu da embarcação, à que é atado outro cabo para diferentes manobras
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 boca
- bocas plural
- bôca alternative
- bocca alternative
- boças plural
- bôcas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to boca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boca in Portuguese?
boca appears 132 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).