overwordExplorer
PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

boca.

mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbo.kɐ/Brazil/ˈbo.kɐ/Portugal
  1. mouth (the opening of a creature through which food is ingested)

    feminine
    Evite respirar pela boca enquanto corre
  2. mouth (the end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water)

    feminine
  3. brim (of a bottle or any other container)

    feminine
    Encha até a boca
  4. burner, ring (of a stove)

    feminine
  5. illegal drug shop

    Brazil · feminine · slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese boca, from Latin bucca, of Celtic origin.

verb/ˈbɔ.kɐ/Brazil/ˈbɔ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of bocar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of bocar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

boca has 4 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

boca studioboca workshello, boca

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.