trouxa
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾo(w).ʃɐ/
trouxa is spelled T-R-O-U-X-A (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,577th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trouxa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bundle of clothes etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa tola”.
What does trouxa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebundle of clothes etc
- 2
feminineinformalfool; stupid or gullible person
- 3
BrazilfeminineMuggle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa tola
noun: 1. pessoa tola
noun: 1. fardo com roupas
noun: 1. na série de livros Harry Potter, pessoa que não é bruxa
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 trouxa
- trouxas plural
- troixa alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trouxa?
- Brazil /ˈtɾo(w).ʃɐ/
- Brazil [ˈtɾo(ʊ̯).ʃɐ]
- Portugal /ˈtɾo(w).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 trouxa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trouxa in Portuguese?
trouxa appears 1.6 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).