xereca

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Moroccan Arabic شَرِيحَة (“dried fig”).

Noun

xereca f (plural xereques)

1. dried fig

Derived terms

• xerec

Etymology 2

Adjective

xereca

1. feminine singular of xerec

Further reading

• “xereca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “xereca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration of xexeca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃeˈɾɛ.kɐ/

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

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: xe‧re‧ca

Noun

xereca f (plural xerecas)

1. (Brazil, vulgar) the vulva

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• xerecard

Further reading

• “xereca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “xereca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “xereca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025