sinuca
Portuguese, noun/siˈnu.kɐ/
sinuca is spelled S-I-N-U-C-A (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinuca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “snooker (a variety of snooker in which, on a rectangular table covered in green felt and with six holes, eight balls of different colors…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo que consiste numa mesa de seis caçapas, em bolas coloridas, em gizes e em tacos”.
What does sinuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininesnooker (a variety of snooker in which, on a rectangular table covered in green felt and with six holes, eight balls of different colors and values are rolled with a wooden cue, the winner scoring the most points by using the white ball to put all the others into any of the holes.)
- 2
Brazilfemininesnooker (square table or establishment where this game is played.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo que consiste numa mesa de seis caçapas, em bolas coloridas, em gizes e em tacos 2. situação crucial
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 sinuca
- sinucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sinuca?
- Brazil /siˈnu.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sinuca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sinuca in Portuguese?
sinuca appears 1.7 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).