-ucha
Portuguese, suffix/ˈu.ʃɐ/
-ucha is spelled U-C-H-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese, the 157,828th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ucha is a Portuguese feminine suffix meaning “alternative form of -ucho” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -ucha mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininealternative form of -ucho
casa + -ucha → casucha
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. caixa, arca
noun: 1. erva que no verão nasce nas queimadas 2. queimada de monte com mato, com urze
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 do you pronounce -ucha?
- Brazil /ˈu.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈu.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈut.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -ucha in Portuguese?
-ucha appears about once in every 30 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).