macaca

See also: Macaca

English

Etymology

From the genus name Macaca, from Portuguese macaca, feminine of macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque and macaco.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈkɑːkə/, /məˈkækə/

Noun

macaca (plural macacas)

  1. (dated) Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca; a macaque.
    • 1886, Robert Hartmann, Anthropoid Apes (The International Scientific Series; 52), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 111:
      This process of the temporal bone varies in size, and may occur on one or both sides. A similar formation is common among gorillas, chimpanzees, macacas, magots (Inuus), and baboons.* It is less frequent among orangs,† gibbons, marmosets, and American species (howlers, hooded apes, etc.).

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈka.kɐ/

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧ca

Noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

  1. female equivalent of macaco
  2. misfortune, bad luck
  3. (Portugal) hopscotch
    Synonyms: (Brazil) amarelinha, (Mozambique) neca
  4. (figurative) an ugly woman
  5. (South Brazil) flu
  6. (Northeast Brazil) stockwhip
  7. (Ceará) heifer
  8. (Rio de Janeiro) clipping of macaca de auditório
  9. sand sole (Pegusa lascaris)

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈkaka/ [maˈka.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ma‧ca‧ca

Noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

  1. female macaque monkey
  2. binge, drunken spree, drunk, jag
  3. female hobgoblin
  4. (South America, derogatory) Brazilian woman
  5. (Honduras) macaca, a small coin equal to one peso
  6. (Chile, vulgar) masturbation

Adjective

macaca

  1. feminine singular of macaco

Further reading

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