munheca
Portuguese, noun/mũˈɲɛ.kɐ/
munheca is spelled M-U-N-H-E-C-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 139,586th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Munheca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “wrist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of munhecar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pulso”.
What does munheca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewrist
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. pulso
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 munheca
- munhecas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce munheca?
- Brazil /mũˈɲɛ.kɐ/
- Brazil [mũˈj̃ɛ.kɐ]
- Portugal /muˈɲɛ.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 munheca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is munheca in Portuguese?
munheca appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).