cuca

== English == === Noun === cuca (uncountable) Alternative form of coca. === See also === cuca shop (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === accu == Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sut͡sa/ === Noun === cuca inflection of cucë (“girl”): definite nominative singular indefinite nominative/accusative plural == Catalan == === Etymology === From cuc (“worm”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈku.kə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈku.ka] === Noun === cuca f (plural cuques) creepy-crawly === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cuca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “cuca”, 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 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ukɐ Hyphenation: cu‧ca Homophone: Cuca === Etymology 1 === Of uncertain origin. ==== Noun ==== cuca f (plural cucas) (familiar) head, noggin Synonyms: cabeça, (familiar) coco === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”), from Old High German kuohho. Doublet of quiche. ==== Alternative forms ==== cuque ==== Noun ==== cuca f (plural cucas) (South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping) === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from English cook. ==== Noun ==== cuca m (plural cucas) (humorous) a skilled cook or chef Synonyms: (any cook) cozinheiro, mestre-cuca === Further reading === “cuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “cuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Noun === cuca definite nominative/accusative singular of cucă == Spanish == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuka/ [ˈku.ka] Rhymes: -uka Syllabification: cu‧ca === Noun === cuca f (plural cucas) chufa, earth almond, Cyperus esculentus Synonyms: alcatufa, chufa (entomology) caterpillar Synonym: oruga (colloquial) cockroach Synonym: cucaracha (colloquial) woman who likes to gamble mala cuca ― evil person (colloquial) penis Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene (Colombia) cookie made of wheat flour and panela (vulgar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) pussy (vagina) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina (Spain, colloquial) peseta Synonym: peseta ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Cyperus esculentus on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es === Noun === cuca f (plural cucas, masculine cuco, masculine plural cucos) (colloquial) hag, bogeywoman === Adjective === cuca feminine singular of cuco === Verb === cuca inflection of cucar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025