moca

Catalan

Etymology 1

From a proposed pre-Roman form *mauka of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

moca f (plural moques)

1. guts, entrails

Derived terms

• esmocar

Etymology 2

From Mokha (“Mocha”), port city in Yemen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

moca m (plural moques)

1. mocha (type of coffee, or a dessert made from chocolate and coffee)

Etymology 3

From moc (“mucus”), based on the fish's consistency.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

moca f (plural moques)

1. (Valencia) jellyfish

   Synonym: medusa

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

moca

1. inflection of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

moca

1. inflection of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “moca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown. Related to Spanish mueca and probably also French moquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

Noun

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mockery

   Synonyms: burla, chacota, escarnio

2. grimace
   • c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:

     Mordesme en Papeliños,
     que leeron moitas Xentes:
     mordes me, chantasme os dentes
     chantame agora os focinos:
     si lendo estes meus termiños
     fixères xestos, ou mocas,
     ê contra min te desuocas,
     ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
     e focas no Corpo abrirme,
     Chantame as mocas nas focas.

     You bite me in little papers
     that many people have read
     You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
     Thrust now your snout
     If reading these my terms
     You do gestures or grimaces
     and against me you run off at the mouth
     and with clubs you want to injure me
     and holes in my body open
     Thrust the clubs into my holes

3. (figurative) drunkenness

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From an old Galician *mãoca, from man (“hand”) + -oca. Cognate with Asturian manueca.

Alternative forms

• monca, mouca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

Noun

moca f (plural mocas)

1. club, cudgel

   Synonyms: baloco, cachaporra

   • c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:

     Mordesme en Papeliños,
     que leeron moitas Xentes:
     mordes me, chantasme os dentes
     chantame agora os focinos:
     si lendo estes meus termiños
     fixères xestos, ou mocas,
     ê contra min te desuocas,
     ê con Mocas ques ferir me,
     e focas no Corpo abrirme,
     Chantame as mocas nas focas.

     You bite me in little papers
     that many people have read
     You bite me, thrust you teeth in me
     Thrust now your snout
     If reading these my terms
     You do gestures or grimaces
     and against me you run off at the mouth
     and with clubs you want to injure me
     and holes in my body open
     Thrust the clubs into my holes

2. handstaff, helve (flail's handle)

   Synonym: mango

Derived terms

• mocada
• mocazo

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

Noun

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mocha

References

• “moca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: mò‧ca

Noun

moca m (uncountable)

1. mocha (Arabian coffee)
2. a coffee drink made from mocha
3. (by extension) coffee

   Synonym: caffè

Noun

moca f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of moka (“coffee maker”)

Further reading

• moca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• camo, coma, macò

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

moca m

1. plantain tree

Declension

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “moca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

Noun

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mocha (a type of strong Arabian coffee)
2. mocha (a coffee drink with chocolate)

Etymology 2

Noun

moca f (plural mocas)

1. club (heavy stick used as a weapon)

   Synonym: porrete

2. (Brazil) mockery; ridicule; derision

   Synonyms: sarro, zoação, zombaria, escárnio

3. (Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)

Etymology 3

Verb

moca

1. inflection of mocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

moca

1. inflection of mocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative