neca

See also: NECA, nęcą, and ñeca

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

neca

1. there

Latin

Verb

necā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of necō
   1. "kill thou, murder thou"
   2. (figuratively) "thwart thou, check thou"

References

• "neca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin nec (“nor, not”).

Pronoun

neca

1. (colloquial) nothing

   Synonym: nada

Derived terms

• neca de pitibiriba

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

neca f (plural necas)

1. (Brazil, gay slang) dick

Derived terms

• aquendar a neca

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

neca f (plural necas)

1. (Mozambique) Synonym of amarelinha (“hopscotch”)

Further reading

• “neca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “neca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025