oca
Portuguese, noun/ˈɔ.kɐ/
oca is spelled O-C-A (3 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of oco. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cabana rústica construída por índios (brasileiros)”.
What does oca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea Native American hut, especially one made from plant material such as bamboo, tree trunks, straw and palm leaves
noun
- 1
femininecavity (excavated hollow)
noun
- 1
colloquialdatedfemininealternative form of ocra (“ochre clay”)
noun
- 1
feminineoca (Oxalis tuberosa, a plant grown for its edible tuber)
noun
- 1
femininerareoka (Ottoman unit of weight)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of oco
suffix
- 1
feminineforms diminutives
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cabana rústica construída por índios (brasileiros)
suffix: 1. indica diminutivo
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 oca
- ocas plural
- oka alternative
- ôca alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oca?
- Brazil /ˈɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈɔ.kɐ/
- Brazil /ˈo.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 oca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oca in Portuguese?
oca appears 2.0 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).