roça
Portuguese, noun
roça is spelled R-O-Ç-A (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Roça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “clearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of roçar. Without its cedilla, roca is a different word: “distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que roçadura”.
What does roça mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclearing
- 2
Brazilfemininea countryside, rural area; a ranch
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininedistaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
noun
- 1
feminineseacliff (cliff by the sea)
- 2
femininea stony cliff
- 3
archaicfemininea large rock; a boulder
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. cana ou vara preparada para fiar 2. funil na ponta de uma haste que serve para colher a fruta das árvores
noun: 1. cogumelo da espécie Macrolepiota procera, quando ainda não abriu o seu chapéu
noun: 1. penhasco do mar
noun: 1. o mesmo que roçadura 2. lugar onde roçam mato 3. terreno coberto de mato 4. mato muito crescido
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 roça
- rocas plural
- rocca alternative obsolete
- roças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to roça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is roça in Portuguese?
roça appears 4.3 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).