raça
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁa.sɐ/
raça is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “race, breed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de indivíduos que conservam, entre si, caracteres somáticos semelhantes; estas características são…”.
What does raça mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerace, breed
- 2
femininebrood
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de indivíduos que conservam, entre si, caracteres somáticos semelhantes; estas características são transmitidas por hereditariedade 2. os ascendentes e os descendentes de um povo, tribo ou família, que se originam de um tronco comum 3. espírito de luta; determinação, empenho, coragem 4. origem
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 raça
- raças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce raça?
- Brazil /ˈʁa.sɐ/
- Brazil [ˈha.sɐ]
- /ˈʁa.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to raça
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is raça in Portuguese?
raça appears 36 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).