carícia
Portuguese, noun
carícia is spelled C-A-R-Í-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 63,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carícia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “caress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, caricia is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afago, manifestação física de afeto, carinho”.
What does carícia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecaress
- 2
femininecuddle
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. afago, manifestação física de afeto, carinho
noun: 1. prenome feminino
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 carícia
- carícias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to carícia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carícia in Portuguese?
carícia 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).