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piroca
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
- Hyphenation: pi‧ro‧ca
Etymology 1
Probably borrowed from Old Tupi piroka (“that which rips skin”) from pira + 'ok + -a, possibly referring to the perfuration of the hymen. Alternatively, perhaps cognate with Galician pirola.
Noun
piroca f (plural pirocas)
Adjective
piroca m or f (plural pirocas)
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Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from Old Tupi apiroka (“that which rips the skin of the head”) from 'apira + 'ok + -a
Derived terms
- despirocar
- pirocar
- pirocudo
Further reading
- “piroca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “piroca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “piroca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “'apira”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 48
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “'a”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 3
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Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
piroca f (plural pirocas)
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