ouça
Portuguese, verb/ˈo(w).sɐ/
ouça is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ouça mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-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. o mesmo que oiça 2. chavelha que prende o timoeiro à canga 3. o ouvido 4. o sentido da audição
noun: 1. planta aquática da família das ranunculáceas, de flores brancas que medra nos rios, Ranunculus aquatilis ou Ranunculus fluitans 2. alga marinha, xebra, sargaço
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 ouça
- oiça alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ouça?
- Brazil /ˈo(w).sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈo(ʊ̯).sɐ]
- Portugal /ˈo(w).sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ouça in Portuguese?
ouça appears 20 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).