ressaca

Catalan

Alternative forms

• ressaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈsa.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈsa.ka]

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressaques)

1. hangover

   Synonym: mona

2. (nautical) undertow

   Synonym: corrent de ressaca

Further reading

• “ressaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ressaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ressaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca. Compare French ressac.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [heˈsa.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [heˈsa.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [χeˈsa.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.ka/ [heˈsa.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsa.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: res‧sa‧ca

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressacas)

1. storm surge
2. (colloquial) hangover