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bucha

Portuguese, noun/ˈbu.ʃɐ/

bucha is spelled B-U-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,104th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bucha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trepadeira alta da família das cucurbitáceas, cujo nome científico é Luffa aegyptiaca”.

What does bucha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewad (soft seal used in shotgun cartridges and cannons)

  2. 2

    femininetampion

  3. 3

    feminineappetizer

  4. 4

    colloquialfemininemouthful, morsel

  5. 5

    colloquialfemininethe hub of a bullock cart

  6. 6

    feminineloofah (the fruit of this vine)

  7. 7

    feminineloofah (the fruit's dried fiber)

  8. 8

    Brazilcolloquialfemininebath sponge

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryfemininemasculinefatty (fat person)

  2. 2

    Brazilderogatoryfemininemasculineweak or worthless person

adjective

  1. 1

    derogatoryfemininemasculinefat

  2. 2

    colloquialfemininemasculineannoying

  3. 3

    Brazilderogatoryfemininemasculineweak or worthless

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. trepadeira alta da família das cucurbitáceas, cujo nome científico é Luffa aegyptiaca 2. pedaço de pão ou outro alimento que se mete à boca de uma só vez 3. peça na que se apoia e gira o eixo 4. pedra de dominó, em que os naipes são iguais nos dois lados

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 bucha

  • buchas plural

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

How do you pronounce bucha?

  • Brazil /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈbu.ʃɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈbut.ʃɐ/

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

English words that translate to bucha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bucha in Portuguese?

bucha appears 1.1 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).

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