choça

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly from Latin pluteus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɔ.t͡sa]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sa
• Hyphenation: cho‧ça

Noun

choça f (plural choças)

1. hut
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 75 (facsimile):

     Tan muit q̃ nõ p̃çaua deſte muido nímgalla
     e poꝛẽden hũa chóça moꝛaua feita de palla

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 88:

     pensarõ que mellores moradas poderiam aver que as que aviam, et buscarõ mays sobre esto, et tomarõ madeyros que arrymarõ aas pẽnas et aas grandes aruores et cobriã aqueles madeyros dos rramos das aruores et das eruas, et fezerõ logo desto moradas pequenas asy cõmo cabanas ou choças enque morassem.

     they though that they could get better dwellings than that those they had, so they researched about this, and they took logs that they supported against boulders and against large trees, and they covered them with branches and grasses, so building small dwelling, as cabins or huts, where to live

Descendants

• Fala: choza
• Galician: choza
• Portuguese: choça

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “choça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese choça.

Cognate with Fala and Galician choza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.sa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔ.sɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔ.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔsɐ
• Hyphenation: cho‧ça

Noun

choça f (plural choças)

1. hut

   Synonym: cabana

References

• “choça”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “choça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “choça”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “choça”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025