uçá
Portuguese, noun/uˈsa/
uçá is spelled U-Ç-Á (3 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uçá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gênero de plantas gramíneas”.
What does uçá mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineswamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gênero de plantas gramíneas 2. cachaça, pinga
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 uçá
- uçás plural
- usá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uçá?
- Brazil /uˈsa/
- Portugal /uˈsa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is uçá in Portuguese?
uçá appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).