careca
Portuguese, noun
careca is spelled C-A-R-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Careca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bald patch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, careça is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabeça humana sem pelos; calva”.
What does careca mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebald (having no hair on the head)
noun
- 1
femininebald patch
- 2
femininea shaved head
noun
- 1
femininemasculinebaldie, a bald person
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. falta de cabelo na cabeça; calvo 2. diz-se do pneu muito gasto pelo uso, a ponto de não ter mais estrias
noun: 1. cabeça humana sem pelos; calva 2. calvície
noun: 1. ser humano sem pelo na cabeça 2. neonazista que tem cabeça sem cabelo
noun: 1. demônio; capeta 2. queijo
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 careca
- carecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to careca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is careca in Portuguese?
careca appears 5.9 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).