roça
See also: roca
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [ˈhɔ.sɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈʁɔ.sɐ/ [ˈχɔ.sɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʁɔ.sa/ [ˈhɔ.sa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʁɔ.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɔsɐ
Etymology 1
Deverbal from roçar.
Noun
roça f (plural roças)
- clearing
- (Brazil) a countryside, rural area; a ranch
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Ross
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
roça
- inflection of roçar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “roça”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025