minhoca
Portuguese, noun/mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/
minhoca is spelled M-I-N-H-O-C-A (7 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minhoca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “earthworm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a animais anelídeos, terrestres”.
What does minhoca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineearthworm
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a animais anelídeos, terrestres 2. 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 minhoca
- minhocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minhoca?
- Brazil /mĩˈɲɔ.kɐ/
- Brazil [mĩˈj̃ɔ.kɐ]
- Portugal /miˈɲɔ.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 minhoca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minhoca in Portuguese?
minhoca 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).