cuca

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See also: Cuca, cucą, and cûca

English

Noun

cuca (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of coca

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From cuc (“worm”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cuca f (plural cuques)

  1. creepy-crawly

Further reading

Portuguese

FWOTD – 12 January 2013

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

  1. (familiar) head
    Synonyms: cabeça, (familiar) coco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”), from Old High German kuohho. Doublet of quiche.

Alternative forms

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

  1. (South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping)
    • 2005, Carlos Vieira, Armazem Colombo‎, →ISBN, page 82:
      Segundo o autor Alexandre de Freitas, “aparentada do stollen e do panetone, a cuca nada mais é do que um pão doce feito com massa mole e batida, onde são acrescentadas frutas secas ou frescas, no meio ou sobre a massa; […] ”.
      According to author Alexandre de Freitas, “related to stollen and panetone, Streuselkuchen is nothing more than a sweet bread made with soft, beaten dough, to which dry or fresh fruit is added in the middle or on top of; ”.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cook.

Noun

cuca m (plural cucas)

  1. (humorous) a skilled cook or chef
    Synonyms: (any cook) cozinheiro, mestre-cuca

Romanian

Noun

cuca

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cucă

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuka/
  • Rhymes: -uka
  • Syllabification: cu‧ca

Noun

cuca f (plural cucas)

  1. chufa, earth almond, Cyperus esculentus
    Synonyms: alcatufa, chufa
  2. (entomology) caterpillar
    Synonym: oruga
  3. (colloquial) woman who likes to gamble
    mala cuca ― evil person
  4. (colloquial) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
  5. (Colombia) cookie made of wheat flour and panela
  6. (vulgar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina
  7. (Spain, colloquial) peseta
    Synonym: peseta

Derived terms

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Noun

cuca f (plural cucas, masculine cuco, masculine plural cucos)

  1. (colloquial) hag, bogeywoman

Adjective

cuca

  1. feminine singular of cuco

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