mandioca
Portuguese, noun/mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/
mandioca is spelled M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A (8 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mandioca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cassava plant (Manihot esculenta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tubérculo da mandioqueira empregado na alimentação; cultiva-se facilmente em regiões semi-áridas; alimento…”.
What does mandioca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecassava plant (Manihot esculenta)
- 2
femininecassava root
- 3
colloquialfeminineany food
- 4
colloquialfemininefeast, tuck-in, banquet
- 5
femininebitter cassava
- 6
BrazilfeminineBrazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis)
- 7
Brazilfemininevulgarpenis
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tubérculo da mandioqueira empregado na alimentação; cultiva-se facilmente em regiões semi-áridas; alimento preferencial de populações pobres em África; é uma raiz com alto valor energético; possui sais minerais e vitaminas do complexo B 2. mandioca-brava 3. pênis
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 mandioca
- mandiocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mandioca?
- Brazil /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/
- Brazil /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /mɐ̃ˈdjɔ.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 mandioca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mandioca in Portuguese?
mandioca appears 6.0 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).