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bochecho

Portuguese, noun/buˈʃe.ʃu/

bochecho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rinsing of the mouth (act of moving a liquid inside the mouth with the cheeks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bochechar.

What does bochecho mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerinsing of the mouth (act of moving a liquid inside the mouth with the cheeks)

  2. 2

    masculinemouthfull (amount of liquid that fits in a mouth)

  3. 3

    masculinemouthwash

  4. 4

    colloquialmasculinea hit on the cheeks

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of bochechar

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

Forms of bochecho

  • bochechos plural

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

How do you pronounce bochecho?

  • Brazil /buˈʃe.ʃu/
  • Brazil /boˈʃe.ʃu/
  • Portugal /buˈʃɐ(j).ʃu/

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

How common is bochecho in Portuguese?

bochecho appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.

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