carniça
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈni.sɐ/
carniça is spelled C-A-R-N-I-Ç-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carniça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “carrion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “carne podre”.
What does carniça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecarrion
- 2
feminineleapfrog (children's game)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. carne podre 2. odor intenso de carne em putrefação 3. mulher pegajosa; pessoa chata e insistente
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 carniça
- carniças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carniça?
- Brazil /kaʁˈni.sɐ/
- Brazil [kaɦˈni.sɐ]
- /kaɾˈni.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carniça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carniça in Portuguese?
carniça appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).