riquixá
Portuguese, noun/ʁi.kiˈʃa/
riquixá is spelled R-I-Q-U-I-X-Á (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riquixá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rickshaw (two-wheeled carriage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “meio de transporte de tração humana em que uma pessoa puxa uma carroça de duas rodas onde acomodam-se mais…”.
What does riquixá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerickshaw (two-wheeled carriage)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meio de transporte de tração humana em que uma pessoa puxa uma carroça de duas rodas onde acomodam-se mais uma ou duas pessoas
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 riquixá
- riquixás plural
- riquexó alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riquixá?
- Brazil /ʁi.kiˈʃa/
- Brazil [hi.kiˈʃa]
- /ʁi.kiˈʃa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riquixá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riquixá in Portuguese?
riquixá appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).