pipoca
Portuguese, noun/piˈpɔ.kɐ/
pipoca is spelled P-I-P-O-C-A (6 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pipoca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “popcorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of pipocar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variedade de grão de milho estalado ao calor, que se come doce ou salgado”.
What does pipoca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepopcorn
- 2
femininesmall skin boil
- 3
femininetapeworm cyst embedded in meat
- 4
Brazilcolloquialfeminineavian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
- 5
Brazilfemininecandelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-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. variedade de grão de milho estalado ao calor, que se come doce ou salgado
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 pipoca
- pipocas plural
- pipoquinha diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pipoca?
- Brazil /piˈpɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /piˈpɔ.kɐ/
- [pi'pɔkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pipoca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pipoca in Portuguese?
pipoca appears 7.1 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).