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bocada

Portuguese, noun/boˈka.dɐ/

bocada is spelled B-O-C-A-D-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bocada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bite; mouthful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does bocada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebite; mouthful

  2. 2

    Brazilfeminineslangillegal drug shop

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of bocada

  • bocadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bocada?

  • Brazil /boˈka.dɐ/
  • Portugal /buˈka.dɐ/
  • Portugal [buˈka.ðɐ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bocada in Portuguese?

bocada appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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