traça
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾa.sɐ/
traça is spelled T-R-A-Ç-A (5 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Traça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “moth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of traçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de traçar”.
What does traça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemoth
- 2
femininebristletail, silverfish (also called traça-de-livros, bicho-de-prata or lepisma)
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. ato ou efeito de traçar 2. plano 3. esboço 4. nome comum de insetos perfuradores que comem papel, tecido, madeira, grãos de cereais
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 traça
- traças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce traça?
- Brazil /ˈtɾa.sɐ/
- Portugal /ˈtɾa.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 traça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is traça in Portuguese?
traça appears 3.7 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).