moca

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See also: MoCA, mocà, mocą, mócā, moča, and moça

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

moca f (plural moques)

  1. guts, entrails
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Mokha (Mocha), port city in Yemen.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

moca f (plural moques)

  1. (Valencia) jellyfish
    Synonym: medusa

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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.

A recreation of a malla (communal threshing)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

moca m (plural mocas)

  1. mocha

References

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

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