petaca
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish petaca, from Classical Nahuatl petlācalli (“woven wicker hamper”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetaca f (plural petaques)
Synonyms
edit- (tobacco pouch): tabaquera
- (cigarette case): cigarrer, portacigarrets
Further reading
edit- “petaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Nahuatl petlācalli (“woven wicker hamper”), from petlatl (“woven mat”) + ācalli (“boat”), from ātl (“water”) + calli (“house, structure”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpetaca f (plural petacas)
- tobacco pouch
- hip flask (a container designed to hold small amounts of alcohol, especially spirits, for personal consumption on the go)
- bodypack (a small box housing a transmitter and battery pack, used with a microphone)
- 2014 May 19, “AUM: Colocando la petaca”, in Antena 3[1]:
- Carlos Sobera ha ejercido de técnico de sonido cuando ha tenido que colocar a nuestro concursante la petaca del micrófono en su sitio
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2009 December 11, “La «lamentable» borrachera de Siscu en Gran Hermano”, in Diario Vasco[2]:
- El alcohol hizo mella en el concursante que reaccionó lanzando vasos al suelo, rompiendo su petaca y molestando a Pilarita que trataba de dormir.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023 September 19, El País, “El Congreso estrena el uso de catalán, euskera y gallego en el pleno con un plante de Vox y la protesta del PP”, in El País[3], retrieved 2023-09-19:
- Al inicio, los 33 diputados de Vox han abandonado el hemiciclo y han dejado sus pinganillos y petacas en el asiento del presidente del Gobierno.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Mexico) suitcase
- Synonym: maleta
- (Mexico, in the plural) buttocks
- Synonym: nalgas
- (Philippines) wallet
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “petaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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