soca
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɔ.kɐ/
soca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “common name for a rhizome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of socar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “calçado feito em madeira”.
What does soca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalcommon name for a rhizome
- 2
feminineear of corn
- 3
Brazilfemininecut sugar cane with a second sprout
- 4
feminineclog
- 5
feminineAngolan grass used in weaving
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. calçado feito em madeira
noun: 1. socialista
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 soca
- socas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soca?
- Portugal /ˈsɔ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soca in Portuguese?
soca appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).