macaca

See also: Macaca

English

Etymology

From the genus name Macaca, from Portuguese macaca, feminine of macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque and macaco.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈkɑːkə/, /məˈkækə/

Noun

macaca (plural macacas)

1. (dated) Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca; a macaque.
   • 1886, Robert Hartmann, Anthropoid Apes (The International Scientific Series; 52), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 111:

     This process of the temporal bone varies in size, and may occur on one or both sides. A similar formation is common among gorillas, chimpanzees, macacas, magots (Inuus), and baboons.* It is less frequent among orangs,† gibbons, marmosets, and American species (howlers, hooded apes, etc.).

Derived terms

• macaca moment

Anagrams

• camaca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈka.kɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈka.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧ca

Noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

1. female equivalent of macaco
2. (Portugal) hopscotch

   Synonyms: (Brazil) amarelinha, (Mozambique) neca

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈkaka/ [maˈka.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧ca‧ca

Noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

1. female macaque monkey
2. binge, drunken spree, drunk, jag
3. female hobgoblin
4. (South America, derogatory) Brazilian woman
5. (Honduras) macaca, a small coin equal to one peso
6. (Chile, vulgar) masturbation

Adjective

macaca

1. feminine singular of macaco

Further reading

• “macaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16