cócega
Portuguese, noun
cócega is spelled C-Ó-C-E-G-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cócega is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tickling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, cocega is a different word: “third-person singular present indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que cócegas”.
What does cócega mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetickling
fazer cócegas ― to tickle
- 2
feminineinformaldesire, impulse
- 3
feminineinformalimpatience
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que cócegas
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 cócega
- cócegas plural
- coceguinha diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is cócega in Portuguese?
cócega appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).