placa
Portuguese, noun/ˈpla.kɐ/
placa is spelled P-L-A-C-A (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Placa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “plate (a flat metallic object)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of placar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura”.
What does placa mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplate (a flat metallic object)
- 2
femininestreet sign
- 3
femininedental plaque
- 4
Brazilfemininelicense plate
- 5
femininecircuit board
- 6
femininetectonic plate
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. peça de materiais diversos longa e larga mas de pouca espessura 2. tabuleta, letreiro 3. peça de metal colocada à frente e atràs dos automóveis e que mostra o número de matrícula 4. peça de madeira, plástico, etc com o nome gravado em cima
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 placa
- placas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce placa?
- Brazil /ˈpla.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpla.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 placa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is placa in Portuguese?
placa appears 25 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).