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maloca.

a maloca

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/maˈlɔ.kɐ/Brazil/mɐˈlɔ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. a maloca

    feminine
  2. shack, hut

    Brazil · feminine · figuratively
  3. affectionate term for a home or habitation

    Brazil · broadly · endearing · feminine
  4. a crudely built home or habitation

    Brazil · broadly · feminine
  5. hideout

    Brazil · feminine
  6. an Indian settlement

    Brazil · feminine
  7. scum (an untrustworthy group of people)

    Brazil · feminine
  8. livestock that cowboys gather during vaquejadas and take to a corral

    Northeast-Brazil · feminine
  9. livestock that grazes on certain points of a field

    Brazil · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Spanish maloca (“raid, attack”), from Mapudungun malocán (“to fight”).

verb/maˈlɔ.kɐ/Brazil/mɐˈlɔ.kɐ/Portugal
  1. third-person singular present indicative of malocar

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. second-person singular imperative of malocar

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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