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trancada

Portuguese, verb

trancada is a Portuguese feminine verb meaning “feminine singular of trancado” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, trançada is a different word: “feminine singular of trançado”.

What does trancada mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of trancado

verb

as trançada
  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of trançado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. paulada, pancada dada com tranca 2. conjunto de estacas que atravessam um rio ou ribeiro de margem a margem 3. ato sexual, cópula 4. mata vedada

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.

How common is trancada in Portuguese?

trancada appears 2.8 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).