carqueja
Portuguese, noun/kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/
carqueja is spelled C-A-R-Q-U-E-J-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 81,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carqueja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Genista tridentata, a plant native to the Iberian peninsula” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta silvestre muito utilizada como acendalha, combustível e chás (para colesterol, diabetes, constipações…”.
What does carqueja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineGenista tridentata, a plant native to the Iberian peninsula
- 2
Brazilfeminineany of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular Baccharis trimera
- 3
Brazilfemininesynonym of fúlica (any bird of the genus Fulica)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta silvestre muito utilizada como acendalha, combustível e chás (para colesterol, diabetes, constipações, gripe, baixar a tensão, sangue, rins, ácido úrico, coração, estômago, criar sangue novo, fígado, vesícula, vias urinárias, etc.); seu nome científico é Genista tridentata 2. planta medicinal do Brasil cujo nome científico é Baccharis trimera 3. nome comum de aves do gênero Fulica
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 carqueja
- carquejas plural
- carqueija alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carqueja?
- Brazil /kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/
- Brazil [kahˈke.ʒɐ]
- /kaɾˈke.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is carqueja in Portuguese?
carqueja appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).