different between capybara vs paca

English

Alternative forms

• capibara (dated)

Etymology

From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara, literally "grass eater".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kap??b????/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæpi?b???/, /?kæpi?b???/, /?kæpi?bæ??/

Noun

capybara (plural capybaras)

1. A semi-aquatic South American rodent, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent.
   • 1876, William H. G. Kingston, The Three Lieutenants, 2010, page 430,

     “Our fires burned well,” continued Tom, “and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make it delicious. […] "

   • 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, 2004, page 53,

     It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras - the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep.

   • 2009, The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife, page 106,

     The largest of all the 1,729 rodent species, the semi-aquatic capybara is extremely agile in the water, using its partly webbed toes like tiny paddles. Troops containing up to 20 animals live along riverbanks where young capybaras are sometimes preyed on by caimans.

Synonyms

• carpinchoe

Derived terms

• lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius)

Translations

References

English

Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæk?/
• Rhymes: -æk?

Noun

paca (plural pacas)

1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

Derived terms

• lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)
• mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii)

Synonyms

• gibnut (Belize)
• labba (Guyana)
• royal rat

Translations

See also

• Cuniculus hernandezi
• paca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACP, ACPA, APAC, APCA, CAAP, CAPA, PAAc, capa

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?ka/

Verb

p?ca

1. (transitive) to wash

References

• Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
• Campbell, R. Joe (1997) , “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011, retrieved 17 June 2007
• Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
• Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pat?sa/
• Hyphenation: pa?ca
• Rhymes: -at?sa

Adjective

paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)

1. peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
2. peaceful, motionless and calm

Derived terms

• pacema

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?t?s?]
• Hyphenation: pa?ca
• Rhymes: -t?s?

Noun

paca (plural pacák)

1. (informal) inkspot

Declension

Synonyms

• tintafolt
• tintapaca

Derived terms

• pacáz
• tintapaca

Further reading

• paca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

• puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?ak?/

Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "paca" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “paca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “paca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca m (invariable)

1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paca

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

Anagrams

• capa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pa?.ka?/, [?pä?kä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pa.ka/, [?p??k?]

Verb

p?c?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of p?c?

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

paca

1. inflection of pacati (“to cook”):
   1. second-person singular imperative active
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect active

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.t?sa/

Etymology 1

Noun

paca f

1. trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

paca m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paca

1. third-person singular present of paca?

Further reading

• paca in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Alternate form of pacas.

Adverb

paca (not comparable)

1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?paka/, [?pa.ka]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pacque.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. bale (bundle)

   Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. female equivalent of paco (“police officer”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

   Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) boruga, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, (Peru) majaz, tepezcuintle, (Mexico, Central America) tepezcuinte, (Northeastern Colombia) tinajo