caneca
Portuguese, noun/kaˈnɛ.kɐ/
caneca is spelled C-A-N-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,093rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caneca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cup, mug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires”.
What does caneca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecup, mug
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires
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 caneca
- canecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caneca?
- Brazil /kaˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /kɐˈnɛ.kɐ/
- /ˈkɐ.nɛ.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 caneca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caneca in Portuguese?
caneca appears 4.1 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).