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Galician
Etymology
From sono (“sleep”) + -eca.
Pronunciation
Noun
soneca f (plural sonecas)
- nap
- Synonyms: sesta, sonada
2012, Víctor Fernández Freixanes, Cabalo de ouros, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN:Don Manoliño pedíu un recanto para botar unha soneca- Don Manoliño asked for a place where he could take a nap
References
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From sono (“sleep”) + -eca.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: so‧ne‧ca
Noun
soneca f (plural sonecas)
- nap (short period of sleep)
- Synonyms: sesta, cochilo
- Só vou tirar uma soneca. ― I'm just going to take a nap.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
soneca
- inflection of sonecar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative