burca
Portuguese, noun/ˈbuʁ.kɐ/
burca is spelled B-U-R-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Burca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “burka (a garment that covers the whole body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veste feminina que cobre todo o corpo, deixando somente uma tela na região dos olhos, por onde se pode…”.
What does burca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineburka (a garment that covers the whole body)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veste feminina que cobre todo o corpo, deixando somente uma tela na região dos olhos, por onde se pode enxergar
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 burca
- burcas plural
- burka alternative
- burqa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce burca?
- Brazil /ˈbuʁ.kɐ/
- Brazil [ˈbuh.kɐ]
- /ˈbuɾ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to burca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is burca in Portuguese?
burca appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).