chinoca
Portuguese, noun/ʃiˈnɔ.kɐ/
chinoca is spelled C-H-I-N-O-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chinoca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Chinese (person from China)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guria, moça”.
What does chinoca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineChinese (person from China)
- 2
feminineinformalmasculineAnyone whose origins are perceived to be from East Asia
adjective
- 1
feminineinformalmasculineChinese (of China)
- 2
feminineinformalmasculineOf or pertaining to East Asia
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. guria, moça 2. chinês
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 chinoca
- chinocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chinoca?
- Brazil /ʃiˈnɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ʃiˈnɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /t͡ʃiˈnɔ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chinoca in Portuguese?
chinoca appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).