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paca apca pcaa cpaa acpa capa paac apac paac apac aapc aapc pcaa cpaa paca apca capa acpa acap caap aacp aacp caap acap

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Definitions and meaning of paca

paca

Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpækə/
• Rhymes: -ækə

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

See also

• Cuniculus hernandezi
• paca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːka/

Verb

pāca

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 book title or journal name)‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011
• 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

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

Verb

paca I (present pipece) (transitive)

1. to sell

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَعْدُ (baʕdu).

Adverb

paca

1. still, not yet

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 161
• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 171

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpat͡sa]
• Rhymes: -at͡sa
• Hyphenation: pa‧ca

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): [ˈpɒt͡sɒ]
• Hyphenation: pa‧ca
• Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

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 értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

• puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑkə/
• (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠakə/

Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: pà‧ca

Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca m (invariable)

1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paca

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

Anagrams

• capa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.kaː/, [ˈpäːkäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ka/, [ˈpäːkä]

Verb

pācā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pācō

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): /ˈpa.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -at͡sa
• Syllabification: pa‧ca
• Homophone: Paca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pacać.

Noun

paca f

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

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

paca m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

paca

1. third-person singular present of pacać

Further reading

• paca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. (Brazil) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
   1. (Brazil, by extension, cooking) dish made of its meat
2. (Brazil) mole cricket

   Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Portugal) ralo

paca m (plural pacas)

1. (Brazil, derogatory) homosexual man
2. (Brazil, colloquial) naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool

Adjective

paca m or f (plural pacas)

1. (colloquial) naive

Descendants

• → English: paca
• → Galician: paca

Related terms

Etymology 2

Alternative form of pacas.

Adverb

paca (not comparable)

1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. (Cape Verde) mallet

Etymology 4

From Middle French pacque, Old French pakke, from Dutch pak.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. (dated) package

   Synonyms: pacote, embrulho

2. (dated) a kind of tree fom Portuguese India

Etymology 5

Unknown

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. (colloquial, Angola) money

Further reading

• “paca” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “paca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “paca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaka/ [ˈpa.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: pa‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pacque, from Middle Dutch pak, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Frankish *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

1. bale (bundle)

   Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

Unknown; see paco

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

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

paca f

1. feminine singular of paco

Further reading

• “paca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org