urraca

== Galician == === Alternative forms === pera orraca, pera urraca === Etymology === Attested since circa 1750. From the older peras de Dona Urraca, "Lady Urraca's pears", from the feminine personal name Urraca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈrɑ.kɐ] Rhymes: -aka Hyphenation: u‧rra‧ca === Noun === urraca f (plural urracas) a local and very appreciated variety of bittersweet pear === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “urraca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “urraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “urraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pera urraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Assumed to be from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate. In any case, likely of imitative origin. === Pronunciation === Homophone: Urraca Hyphenation: ur‧ra‧ca === Noun === urraca f (plural urracas) magpie Synonyms: pega, charneco (Brazil) a bird of the genus Piaya. Synonym: chincoã ==== Related terms ==== Urraca === Further reading === “urraca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “urraca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Of imitative origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈra.ka] Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: u‧rra‧ca === Noun === urraca f (plural urracas) magpie (also called: common magpie, European magpie, Eurasian magpie) (Pica pica) Synonyms: marica, pega, picaraza, picaza, urraca común ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== rabilargo ==== Further reading ==== “urraca”, 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