crocância
Portuguese, noun/kɾoˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
crocância is spelled C-R-O-C-Â-N-C-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crocância is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crunchiness, crispiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade daquilo que é crocante; refere-se à propriedade de certos alimentos ou objetos que emitem um ruído…”.
What does crocância mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrunchiness, crispiness
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade daquilo que é crocante; refere-se à propriedade de certos alimentos ou objetos que emitem um ruído seco ao estalarem nos dentes
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 crocância
- crocâncias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crocância?
- Brazil /kɾoˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
- Portugal /kɾɔˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crocância
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crocância in Portuguese?
crocância 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).