pipoca
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Tupi pi'poka (“sudden burst of a surface”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pi‧po‧ca
Noun edit
pipoca f (plural pipocas)
- (cooking) popcorn
- Synonym: pororoca
- small skin boil
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pústula
- tapeworm cyst embedded in meat
- Synonyms: canjica, canjiquinha, cisticerco, cisto, pipoquinha
- (Brazil, colloquial, pathology) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
- Synonyms: bouba aviária, caroço
- (Brazil, botany) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: pipoca
Further reading edit
- “pipoca” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “pipoca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “pipoca” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “pipoca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
pipoca
- inflection of pipocar:
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese pipoca (“popcorn”), from Old Tupi pi'poka (“sudden burst of a surface”).
Noun edit
pipoca f (plural pipocas)
- (Bolivia) popcorn
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita