pacu

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku. === Noun === pacu (plural pacus) Any of certain freshwater fish of the family Serrasalmidae, endemic to South America; they are characterised by squarish, human-like teeth and a mainly herbivorous diet. Coordinate terms: piranha, silver dollar ==== Usage notes ==== Pacus form a paraphyletic group. ==== Derived terms ==== black pacu (Colossoma macropomum, Myleus schomburgkii, or Piaractus brachypomus) red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus or Colossoma macropomum) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpat͡su/ Rhymes: -at͡su Syllabification: pa‧cu === Verb === pacu imperative of paci == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay pacu (“spur”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpat͡ʃu/ [ˈpa.t͡ʃu] Rhymes: -at͡ʃu Syllabification: pa‧cu === Noun === pacu (plural pacu-pacu) spur, toothed or spiked wheel fixed to one's boot for prodding a horse rode on pace ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === pacu (active memacu, passive dipacu) (transitive) to race (transitive) to pace === Further reading === “pacu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pa.t͡ʃu/ Rhymes: -acu, -cu, -u === Noun === pacu (Jawi spelling ڤاچو, plural pacu-pacu or pacu2) spur, toothed or spiked wheel fixed to one's boot for prodding a horse rode on. === Verb === pacu (Jawi spelling ڤاچو) to drive to spur to urge ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: pacu === References === “pacu”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN "pacu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Verb === pacu third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”) == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpa.t͡su/ Rhymes: -at͡su Syllabification: pa‧cu === Noun === pacu m locative/vocative singular of pac == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === pacú (1931-prescribed spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi paku. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -u === Noun === pacu m (plural pacus) pacu (any of several species of South American fishes) ==== Derived terms ==== pacuzinho (diminutive) pacuzão (augmentative) === Further reading === “pacu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pacu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026