rica
Portuguese, adjective
rica is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of rico” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, riça is a different word: “feminine singular of riço”.
What does rica mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of rico
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of riço
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. variedade de galinhas de penas encrespadas
noun: 1. o pelo que cai ou se tira dos chapéus quando escarduçados
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.
English words that translate to rica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rica in Portuguese?
rica appears 48 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).