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)

  1. (cooking) popcorn
    Synonym: pororoca
  2. small skin boil
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pústula
  3. tapeworm cyst embedded in meat
    Synonyms: canjica, canjiquinha, cisticerco, cisto, pipoquinha
  4. (Brazil, colloquial, pathology) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
    Synonyms: bouba aviária, caroço
  5. (Brazil, botany) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)
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Descendants edit
  • Spanish: pipoca

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

pipoca

  1. inflection of pipocar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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)

  1. (Bolivia) popcorn
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita