neca
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈnɛ.kɐ/
neca is spelled N-E-C-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Neca is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “nothing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does neca mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
colloquialnothing
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineslangdick
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of amarelinha (“hopscotch”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nada
noun: 1. pênis 2. amarelinha (jogo infantil)
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 neca
- necas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce neca?
- Brazil /ˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈnɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is neca in Portuguese?
neca appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).