tocaia
Portuguese, noun/toˈkaj.ɐ/
tocaia is spelled T-O-C-A-I-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,596th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tocaia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ambush (act of concealing oneself and waiting to attack by surprise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tocaiar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emboscada para matar alguém”.
What does tocaia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineambush (act of concealing oneself and waiting to attack by surprise)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emboscada para matar alguém
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 tocaia
- tocaias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tocaia?
- Brazil /toˈkaj.ɐ/
- Brazil [toˈkaɪ̯.ɐ]
- Portugal /tuˈkaj.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tocaia in Portuguese?
tocaia appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).