trocar
Portuguese, verb
trocar is spelled T-R-O-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 37 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,474th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trocar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to replace, to substitute (to remove something and put a new one in its place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a cedilla, troçar is a different word: “to mock, to ridicule”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer a troca de”.
What does trocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to replace, to substitute (to remove something and put a new one in its place)
Quero trocar meu carro por um novo.
- 2
to change (to dispose of something one owns or is using and get a new one)
Troque de roupa.
- 3
to trade; to exchange
Eu e o meu primo trocamos livros.
- 4
to swap (to switch the position of two things)
Trocamos os dois cabos e o motor funcionou.
- 5
to exchange (to give and receive simultaneously)
Todo dia eu trocava umas ideias com o vizinho.
- 6
to change oneself (to replace the clothing one is wearing)
Troque-se! / Troca-te!
verb
- 1
to mock, to ridicule
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ridicularizar; motejar; zombar; escarnecer
verb: 1. fazer a troca de 2. converter em dinheiro miúdo uma moeda ou nota de maior valor 3. interpretar mal 4. tomar uma coisa em vez de outra
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 trocar
- troco first-person present singular
- troquei first-person preterite singular
- trocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- trocares infinitive second-person singular
- trocarmos first-person infinitive plural
- trocardes infinitive plural second-person
- trocarem infinitive plural third-person
- trocando gerund
- trocados masculine participle past
- trocada feminine participle past
- trocadas feminine participle past
- trocas indicative present second-person
- troca indicative present singular
- trocamos first-person indicative plural
- trocais indicative plural present
- trocam indicative plural present
- trocava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trocar in Portuguese?
trocar appears 37 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).