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rocinha

Portuguese, noun/ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/

rocinha is spelled R-O-C-I-N-H-A (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rocinha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a country house with an orchard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of roça.

What does rocinha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininediminutive of roça

  2. 2

    femininea country house with an orchard

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of rocinha

  • rocinhas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce rocinha?

  • Brazil /ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/
  • Brazil [hɔˈsĩ.j̃ɐ]
  • /ʁɔˈsĩ.ɲɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is rocinha in Portuguese?

rocinha appears 1.9 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).

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