eureca
Portuguese, interjection/ewˈɾɛ.kɐ/
eureca is spelled E-U-R-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 117,162nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eureca is a Portuguese interjection meaning “eureka (exclamation indicating sudden discovery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “heureca”.
What does eureca mean in English?
interjection
- 1
eureka (exclamation indicating sudden discovery)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. heureca
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 eureca
- eureca! canonical
- heureca alternative
- eureka alternative
- heureka alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce eureca?
- Brazil /ewˈɾɛ.kɐ/
- Brazil [eʊ̯ˈɾɛ.kɐ]
- Portugal /ewˈɾɛ.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 eureca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eureca in Portuguese?
eureca appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).