merreca
Portuguese, noun/meˈʁɛ.kɐ/
merreca is spelled M-E-R-R-E-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merreca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “trifle (small amount, especially when referring to money and wages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantia mínima ou miserável”.
What does merreca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinformaltrifle (small amount, especially when referring to money and wages)
Só dez reais? Isso é uma merreca!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quantia mínima ou miserável
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 merreca
- merrecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merreca?
- Brazil /meˈʁɛ.kɐ/
- Brazil [meˈhɛ.kɐ]
- /meˈʁɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is merreca in Portuguese?
merreca appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).