panaca

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Latin

Etymology

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Noun

panaca f (genitive panacae); first declension

  1. A kind of drinking vessel

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • panaca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • panaca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • panaca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧na‧ca

Adjective

panaca m or f (plural panacas)

  1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) stupid, idiotic
    Synonyms: idiota, tolo, imbecil, estúpido

Noun

panaca m or f (plural panacas)

  1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) a person with those characteristics; an idiot, a fool

Spanish

Noun

panaca f (plural panacas)

  1. panaka