paçoca

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Tupi pa'soka.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈsɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈsɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈsɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈsɔ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: pa‧ço‧ca

Noun

paçoca f (plural paçocas)

1. (Brazil, cooking) a Brazilian dish made of cassava flour and dried meat
2. (Brazil, cooking) paçoca, a Brazilian sweet of Tupi origin generally consisting of a hard but fragile mass of ground peanuts, sugar and salt