chuca

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• (Amecameca, Jaltocán, Texcoco and Tlaxcala): choka
• (Calpan, Cholula and Milpa Alta): choca

Verb

chuca

1. to cry.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃu.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ukɐ
• Hyphenation: chu‧ca

Etymology 1

Most likely from a Germanic language. Compare French choucas (“jackdaw”) and English chough, both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“chough, jackdaw”).

Noun

chuca f (plural chucas)

1. (ornithology) jackdaw (bird of the genus Coloeus)

   Synonyms: cuneta, gralho

2. (Brazil, colloquial) an external pocket on a suit

   Synonym: chulca

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Chuca, a trademarked brand.

Noun

chuca f (plural chucas)

1. (Brazil) a small baby bottle
2. (Brazil, colloquial) enema

   Synonym: enema

Further reading

• “chuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “chuca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

chuca

1. alternative form of thuca

Spanish

Adjective

chuca f

1. feminine singular of chuco