fogaça
Portuguese, noun/foˈɡa.sɐ/
fogaça is spelled F-O-G-A-Ç-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 46,725th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fogaça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a type of sweet and spongy cake or bread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole”.
What does fogaça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea type of sweet and spongy cake or bread
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande e comprido bolo feito com ovos e açúcar e parecendo um pão mole 2. bolo oferecido à igreja, em festejos, e que depois é leiloado 3. moça que conduz esse bolo em tabuleiro ou açafate 4. bolo premiado ao vencedor de uma competição
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 fogaça
- fogaças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fogaça?
- Brazil /foˈɡa.sɐ/
- Portugal /fuˈɡa.sɐ/
- Portugal [fuˈɣa.sɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fogaça in Portuguese?
fogaça appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).