concha
Portuguese, noun/ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
concha is spelled C-O-N-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Concha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “seashell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais”.
What does concha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineseashell
- 2
femininethe shell of any mollusk
- 3
femininescoop; ladle (specialised spoon for serving)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. invólucro calcário ou córneo de certos animais 2. colher para tirar sopa ou açúcar 3. prato de balança 4. a parte côncava das chaves que, nos instrumentos de sopro, fecham os orifícios
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 concha
- conchas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce concha?
- Brazil /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkõ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈkõt.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to concha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is concha in Portuguese?
concha appears 3.6 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).