tocha
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/
tocha is spelled T-O-C-H-A (5 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,843rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tocha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “torch (stick with a flame on one end)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of tochar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vela de cera, grande e grossa; brandão”.
What does tocha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetorch (stick with a flame on one end)
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. vela de cera, grande e grossa; brandão 2. archote, facho 3. velador 4. brilho, luz
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 tocha
- tochas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tocha?
- Brazil /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɔ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɔt.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tocha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tocha in Portuguese?
tocha appears 5.9 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).