chica
Portuguese, noun
chica is spelled C-H-I-C-A (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chica is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “girl, woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, chiça is a different word: “blimey!; rubbish! (interjection of displeasure or astonishment)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dança dos negros”.
What does chica mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegirl, woman;
Vou mostrar praquela chica veia!
interjection
- 1
colloquialblimey!; rubbish! (interjection of displeasure or astonishment)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. indica surpresa, irritação 2. chamada de atenção para algo perigoso 3. interjeição de desagrado ou de espanto
noun: 1. algo problemático ou desagradável
noun: 1. dança dos negros 2. bebida alcoólica da América do Sul 3. burra, animal quadrúpede
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 chica
- chicas plural
- xica alternative pronunciation-spelling
- chiça! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is chica in Portuguese?
chica appears 1.9 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).