suíça
Portuguese, noun/suˈi.sɐ/
suíça is spelled S-U-Í-Ç-A (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,546th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suíça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sideburn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of suíço. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barba que cobre as bochechas e deixa o queixo livre”.
What does suíça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of suíço
- 2
femininesideburn
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of suíço
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. país europeu localizado na região dos Alpes, faz fronteira com a Alemanha, Áustria, Liechtenstein, Itália e França
noun: 1. barba que cobre as bochechas e deixa o queixo livre
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 suíça
- suíças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suíça?
- Brazil /suˈi.sɐ/
- Brazil /ˈswi.sɐ/
- Portugal /ˈswi.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suíça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suíça in Portuguese?
suíça appears 18 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).