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verônica

Portuguese, noun

verônica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of verónica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, verónica is a different word: “veronica (image of Jesus’s face on a cloth)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “imagem do rosto ensanguentado de Jesus, impressa no tecido com o qual teria sido enxugado a caminho do…”.

What does verônica mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of verónica

noun

as verónica
  1. 1

    feminineveronica (image of Jesus’s face on a cloth)

  2. 2

    femininespeedwell (any plant of the genus Veronica)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. prenome feminino

noun: 1. prenome feminino

noun: 1. imagem do rosto ensanguentado de Jesus, impressa no tecido com o qual teria sido enxugado a caminho do Calvário 2. essa imagem gravada ou estampada em um objeto 3. mulher que leva o Sudário nas procissões 4. rosto, semblante

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 verônica

  • verónicas plural
  • verônica alternative Brazil
  • verônicas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to verônica

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is verônica in Portuguese?

verônica appears 2.2 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).