pipoca

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Tupi pi'poka (“sudden burst of a surface”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈpɔ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧po‧ca

Noun

pipoca f (plural pipocas)

1. (cooking) popcorn

   Synonym: pororoca

2. small skin boil

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pústula

3. tapeworm cyst embedded in meat

   Synonyms: canjica, canjiquinha, cisticerco, cisto, pipoquinha

4. (Brazil, colloquial, pathology) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)

   Synonyms: bouba aviária, caroço

5. (Brazil, botany) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)

Derived terms

• milho-pipoca

Related terms

• empipocado
• empipocamento
• empipocar
• pipocado
• pipocamento
• pipocar
• pipoco
• pipoqueamento
• pipoquear
• pipoqueira
• pipoqueiro
• ténia

 

Descendants

• → Spanish: pipoca

Further reading

• “pipoca” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “pipoca” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “pipoca” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “pipoca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Etymology 2

Verb

pipoca

1. inflection of pipocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pipoca (“popcorn”), from Old Tupi pi'poka (“sudden burst of a surface”).

Noun

pipoca f (plural pipocas)

1. (Bolivia) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita