mandioca
English edit
Noun edit
mandioca (uncountable)
- (obsolete) manioc
- 1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1:
- There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.
References edit
- “mandioca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mandioca f (plural mandioques)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “mandioca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: man‧di‧o‧ca
Noun edit
mandioca f (plural mandiocas)
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /manˈdjoka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oka
- Syllabification: man‧dio‧ca
Noun edit
mandioca f (plural mandiocas)
- manioc plant
Descendants edit
- → Middle French: manioc
Further reading edit
- “mandioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014