xixa
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
xixa is spelled X-I-X-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xixa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “shisha; hookah; narghile (Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “utensílio oriental para fumo, com uma ou mais mangueiras ligadas a um recipiente com água feito de vidro…”.
What does xixa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshisha; hookah; narghile (Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. utensílio oriental para fumo, com uma ou mais mangueiras ligadas a um recipiente com água feito de vidro; cachimbo d'água; narguile; arguile 2. o fumo usado com esse utensílio
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 xixa
- xixas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xixa?
- Brazil /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈʃi.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 xixa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xixa in Portuguese?
xixa appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).