sanca
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɐ̃.kɐ/
sanca is spelled S-A-N-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cove, coving (concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “apelido para a cidade de São Carlos, Brasil”.
What does sanca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecove, coving (concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. apelido para a cidade de São Carlos, Brasil
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 sanca
- sancas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sanca?
- Brazil /ˈsɐ̃.kɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɐ̃.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sanca in Portuguese?
sanca appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).