bucal
Portuguese, adjective
bucal is spelled B-U-C-A-L (5 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bucal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “buccal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, buçal is a different word: “muzzle”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ou pertencente à boca”.
What does bucal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebuccal
- 2
femininemasculineoral
noun
- 1
masculinemuzzle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente à boca
noun: 1. açaime, aparelho feito de couro, arame, ou rede de corda que tapa no focinho do animal e impede que coma; cabresto forte com açaime 2. arreio da cabeça e pescoço das cavalgaduras 3. cabresto simples 4. saco no que se pensa com milho os animais
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 bucal
- bucais plural
- buçais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is bucal in Portuguese?
bucal appears 1.7 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).