palhoça
Portuguese, noun/paˈʎɔ.sɐ/
palhoça is spelled P-A-L-H-O-Ç-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,796th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Palhoça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a shed or cottage with a thatched roof” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casa com teto de colmo”.
What does palhoça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea shed or cottage with a thatched roof
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Santa Catarina
noun: 1. casa com teto de colmo 2. vagens de feijão verde, partidas e secas ao sol para melhor se conservarem
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 palhoça
- palhoças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce palhoça?
- Brazil /paˈʎɔ.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is palhoça in Portuguese?
palhoça appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).