mandioca
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1. Cassava 
2. Root of cassava
English
Noun
mandioca (uncountable)
- (obsolete) manioc
- 1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1:
- There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.
References
- “mandioca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mandioca f (plural mandioques)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandioca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: man‧di‧o‧ca
Noun
mandioca f (plural mandiocas)
- manioc, cassava
- Synonym: pau-farinha
- root of cassava
- (colloquial) any food
- (colloquial) feast, tuck-in, banquet
- Synonym: comezaina
- (Brazil, ichthyology) (Percophis brasiliensis) Brazilian flathead
- Synonym: tiravira
- (Brazil, figuratively, vulgar) penis
Descendants
Further reading
- “mandioca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “mandioca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “mandioca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation
Noun
mandioca f (plural mandiocas)
- manioc plant
Descendants
- → Middle French: manioc
Further reading
- “mandioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10