# poxa

> Portuguese word · Interjection · frequency rank #20,097

## Definitions
1. indica surpresa, admiração, irritação
2. expressa apelo à compaixão do interlocutor para um pedido
3. expressa apelo à compreensão diante de uma negativa

## Easily confused with
- **puta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-puta)
- **puma** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-puma)
- **proa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-proa)
- **puxo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-puxo)
- **puxar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-puxar)
- **prosa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-prosa)
- **profa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-profa)
- **puxão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/poxa-vs-puxao)
- **pó** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/po-vs-poxa)
- **pa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pa-vs-poxa)
- **por** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/por-vs-poxa)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pop-vs-poxa)
- **Pol** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pol-vs-poxa)
- **pax** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pax-vs-poxa)
- **pod** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pod-vs-poxa)
- **pix** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pix-vs-poxa)
- **para** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/para-vs-poxa)
- **pois** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/pois-vs-poxa)
- **povo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/povo-vs-poxa)
- **peça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/peca-vs-poxa)

## Common misspellings (5)
`opxa`, `poax`, `poxxa`, `ppoxa`, `pxoa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/poxa