duche
Portuguese, noun/ˈdu.ʃi/
duche is spelled D-U-C-H-E (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duche is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “European Portuguese standard form of ducha (“shower”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of duchar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “banho de chuveiro”.
What does duche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean Portuguese standard form of ducha (“shower”)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. banho de chuveiro 2. jato ou chuveiro de água que se aplica a alguém com fins higiênicos ou terapêuticos
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 duche
- duches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duche?
- Brazil /ˈdu.ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈdu.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /ˈdut.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duche in Portuguese?
duche appears 1.2 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).