mecha
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
mecha is spelled M-E-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mecha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lock (length of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of mecher. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção de cabelos ou pelos”.
What does mecha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelock (length of hair)
- 2
femininewick (burning cord of a candle)
- 3
colloquialfemininedrunkenness
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. porção de cabelos ou pelos 2. processo de clareamento ou escurecimento de uma porção de cabelos com finalidade estética 3. torcida de candeia
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 mecha
- mechas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mecha?
- Brazil /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmɛ.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mecha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mecha in Portuguese?
mecha appears 1.8 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).