maloca

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English

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Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese maloca, from Spanish maloca (“raid, attack”), from Mapudungun malocán (“to fight”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧lo‧ca

Noun

maloca (plural malocas)

  1. An ancestral longhouse used by the natives of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧lo‧ca

Etymology 1

From Spanish maloca (“raid, attack”), from Mapudungun malocán (“to fight”).

Noun

maloca f (plural malocas)

  1. a maloca
  2. (Brazil, figuratively) shack, hut
    Synonyms: cabana, choupana
  3. (Brazil, by extension) affectionate term for a home or habitation
    Synonyms: cafofo, barraco
  4. (Brazil) hideout
    Synonym: esconderijo
  5. (Brazil) an Indian settlement
  6. (Brazil) scum (an untrustworthy group of people)
    Synonyms: bando, magote, corja, escória, ralé, súcia, escumalha
  7. (Northeastern Brazil) livestock that cowboys gather during vaquejadas and take to a corral
  8. (Brazil) livestock that grazes on certain points of a field

Etymology 2

Verb

maloca

  1. third-person singular present indicative of malocar
  2. second-person singular imperative of malocar

Spanish

Noun

maloca f (plural malocas)

  1. (Colombia) maloca (a type of house used by the indigenous people of the Amazon)

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