meca

See also: Meca and meça

Asturian

Etymology

Euphemised form of me cago en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeka/ [ˈme.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: me‧ca

Interjection

¡meca!

1. interjection of surprise

   Synonyms: carape, contra, adiós

   ¡Meca! ¿Qué ye esto?

   Wow! What is this?

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.ka]

Noun

meca f (plural meques)

1. mecca

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.ka]

Noun

meca f (plural meques, masculine mec, masculine plural mecs)

1. female equivalent of mec (“calf (young cow); fool, simpleton”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɛ.ka]

Noun

meca f (plural meques)

1. female equivalent of meco (“boy, kid”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɛ.ka]

Adjective

meca

1. feminine singular of mec (“hairless, beardless; foolish”)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Meca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧ca

Noun

meca f (plural mecas)

1. (figuratively) Mecca (any important place of pilgrimage by people with a particular interest)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeka/ [ˈme.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: me‧ca

Etymology 1

Euphemised form of me cago en la leche or its variations

Interjection

meca

1. (euphemistic) shoot, shank, sugar (euphemised form of "shit")

Noun

meca f (plural mecas)

1. (colloquial, Chile) excrement, shit

Etymology 2

Noun

meca f (plural mecas)

1. mecca

Etymology 3

Adjective

meca f sg

1. feminine singular of meco

Further reading

• “meca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024