tapioca
Portuguese, noun/ta.piˈɔ.kɐ/
tapioca is spelled T-A-P-I-O-C-A (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapioca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tapioca (starchy food made from cassava)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alimento preparado com polvilho, sal e água (pode ser acrescentado leite de coco); beju”.
What does tapioca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetapioca (starchy food made from cassava)
- 2
femininecrepe made with tapioca, served with various fillings, often meat or cheese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alimento preparado com polvilho, sal e água (pode ser acrescentado leite de coco); beju
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 tapioca
- tapiocas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapioca?
- Brazil /ta.piˈɔ.kɐ/
- Brazil /taˈpjɔ.kɐ/
- Portugal /tɐˈpjɔ.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 tapioca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapioca in Portuguese?
tapioca appears 2.1 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).