cuque

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈku.kɨ/

• Rhymes: -uki
• Hyphenation: cu‧que
• Homophone: cookie

Noun

cuque m (plural cuques)

1. alternative form of cuca

Further reading

• “cuque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cuque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Verb

cuque

1. inflection of cucar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative