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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

English

Alternative forms

• vacay

Etymology

a clipping of vacation (informal, US)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ve?.ke?/

Noun

vaca (plural vacas)

1. vacation.

Synonyms

• leave, holiday; see also Thesaurus:vacation

Anagrams

• AACV, Cava, cava

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ba.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?va.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka

Noun

vaca f (plural vaques)

1. cow

Further reading

• “vaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaca” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “vaca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• baka, vacca, baca, bacca

Etymology

From Latin vacca (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?. Compare Italian vacca, Spanish vaca.

Noun

vaca f

1. cow

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bak?/, (in sandhi) [??ak?]

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (fishing) trawler

Derived terms

See also

• almallo
• becerro
• boi
• touro
• xato

References

• “vaca” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “vaca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vaca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vaca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Verb

vaca

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

Anagrams

• cava

Latgalian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vat?sa/

Adjective

vaca f

1. old

Latin

Verb

vac?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vac?

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?? (vaca).

Noun

vaca m or n

1. word, saying

Declension

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vaka/

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?va.k?/, [?vä.k?]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: va?ca

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese vaca, from Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow
2. (derogatory, slang) a promiscuous woman; bitch

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: báka
• Papiamentu: baka
• ? Kadiwéu: waaca

See also

• boi
• touro
• bezerro
• vitelo
• novilho

Etymology 2

Verb

vaca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of vacar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of vacar

References

• “vaca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “vaca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “vaca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanian

Noun

vaca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vac?

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from the Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?baka/, [?ba.ka]
• Hyphenation: va?ca

Noun

vaca f (plural vacas)

1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus)
2. beef

   Synonyms: vacuno, res

3. leather

   Synonym: cuero de vaca

4. (derogatory, informal) cow (woman considered unpleasant, particularly one considered fat)
5. (Chile) collection

   Synonym: recaudación

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• becerro
• ganado
• santa vaca
• ternero
• toro
• vacuno

Anagrams

• cava

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *wo?éh?.

Noun

vaca f (plural vache)

1. cow