terça
Portuguese, noun/ˈteʁ.sɐ/
terça is spelled T-E-R-Ç-A (5 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,567th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ellipsis of terça-feira (“Tuesday”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of terço. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estrofe que contém três versos”.
What does terça mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineellipsis of terça-feira (“Tuesday”)
adverb
- 1
ellipsis of terça-feira (“on Tuesday”)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of terço
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative of terçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. estrofe que contém três versos 2. intervalo que separa uma nota musical de outra com três semitons ou dois tons e vice-versa 3. hora canônica do ofício divino
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 terça
- terças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce terça?
- Brazil /ˈteʁ.sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈteh.sɐ]
- Portugal /ˈteɾ.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 terça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is terça in Portuguese?
terça appears 62 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).