cólica
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/
cólica is spelled C-Ó-L-I-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cólica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “colic (severe pains in the abdomen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of cólico. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dor intensa na cavidade abdominal”.
What does cólica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecolic (severe pains in the abdomen)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of cólico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dor intensa na cavidade abdominal
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 cólica
- cólicas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cólica?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cólica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cólica in Portuguese?
cólica appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).