patanisca
Portuguese, noun/laˈɾɔ.kɐ/
patanisca is spelled P-A-T-A-N-I-S-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese, the 241,242nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Patanisca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “fried codfish coated in batter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tira de bacalhau envolvida em farinha e ovo e depois frita”.
What does patanisca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininefried codfish coated in batter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tira de bacalhau envolvida em farinha e ovo e depois frita 2. chispa de uma descarga elétrica
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 patanisca
- pataniscas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce patanisca?
- Brazil /laˈɾɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /lɐˈɾɔ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is patanisca in Portuguese?
patanisca appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).