rouca
Portuguese, adjective
rouca is spelled R-O-U-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rouca is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “feminine singular of rouco” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rouca mean in English?
adjective
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femininefeminine singular of rouco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que abetoiro 2. bilha de barro com uma pele de carneiro na boca donde se tiram sons roucos nos folguedos do Natal
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.
How common is rouca in Portuguese?
rouca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).