chocadeira
Portuguese, noun/ʃo.kaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
chocadeira is spelled C-H-O-C-A-D-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 101,652nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chocadeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a brooding hen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “máquina usada para substituir a fêmea durante a fase de chocar os ovos”.
What does chocadeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea brooding hen
- 2
feminineincubator (apparatus used to hatch eggs)
- 3
femininehatchery (a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. máquina usada para substituir a fêmea durante a fase de chocar os ovos
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 chocadeira
- chocadeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chocadeira?
- Brazil /ʃo.kaˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ʃo.kaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /ʃu.kɐˈdɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chocadeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chocadeira in Portuguese?
chocadeira appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).