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paca.

paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)

    Brazil · feminine
  2. paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus) dish made of its meat

    Brazil · broadly · feminine
  3. mole cricket

    Brazil · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. homosexual man

    Brazil · derogatory · masculine
  2. naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool

    Brazil · colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

adj/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. naive

    colloquial · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

adv/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. a lot; super

    Brazil · familiar · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Alternative form of pacas.

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. mallet

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. package

    dated · feminine
  2. a kind of tree fom Portuguese India

    dated · feminine
Where this word comes from

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

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. money

    Angola · colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown

noun/ˈpa.kɐ/Brazil/ˈpa.kɐ/Portugal
  1. female equivalent of pacuçu

    feminine · form-of
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