"paca" meaning in English

See paca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpækə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paca.wav Forms: pacas [plural]
Rhymes: -ækə Etymology: Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka. Etymology templates: {{der|en|es|paca}} Spanish paca, {{der|en|pt|paca}} Portuguese paca, {{der|en|gn|paka}} Guaraní paka Head templates: {{en-noun}} paca (plural pacas)
  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides. Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs Synonyms: gibnut [Belize], labba [Guyana], royal rat Derived forms: lowland paca (taxonomic: Cuniculus paca), mountain paca (taxonomic: Cuniculus taczanowskii), pacarana Related terms: Cuniculus hernandezi Translations (rodent of genus Cuniculus): петниста пака (petnista paka) (Bulgarian), tepeitzcuintli (Central Nahuatl), 無尾刺豚鼠 (Chinese Mandarin), 无尾刺豚鼠 (wúwěi cìtúnshǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), paka (Finnish), paka (Guaraní), paca [masculine] (Italian), paka (Old Tupi), káixihíxao (Pirahã), káixihí (Pirahã), paka [feminine] (Polish), paca [feminine] (Portuguese), пака (paka) [feminine] (Russian), boruga (english: Colombian Amazonia) [feminine] (Spanish), conejo pintado [Panama, masculine] (Spanish), guagua [Colombia, feminine] (Spanish), guanta [Ecuador, masculine] (Spanish), guartinaja [Colombia, Northwestern, masculine] (Spanish), jochi pintado [Bolivia, masculine] (Spanish), lapa (english: Colombian Llanos) [Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), majaz [Peru, masculine] (Spanish), paca [Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, especially, feminine] (Spanish), tepezcuinte [Central-America, masculine] (Spanish), tepezcuintle [Central-America, Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), tinajo [Colombia, Northeastern, masculine] (Spanish), paka [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "paca"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish paca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "paca"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese paca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gn",
        "3": "paka"
      },
      "expansion": "Guaraní paka",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pacas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paca (plural pacas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Central Nahuatl translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Guaraní translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Old Tupi translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Pirahã translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Caviomorphs",
          "orig": "en:Caviomorphs",
          "parents": [
            "Rodents",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 0 19 0 0 12 8 1 7 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 5 3 3 2 1 0 11 0 0 1 0 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 1 0 16 0 0 10 6 1 9 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 3 3 3 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cuniculus paca",
          "word": "lowland paca"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Cuniculus taczanowskii",
          "word": "mountain paca"
        },
        {
          "word": "pacarana"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides."
      ],
      "id": "en-paca-en-noun-5B-oPj9w",
      "links": [
        [
          "rodent",
          "rodent"
        ],
        [
          "Cuniculus",
          "Cuniculus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "its synonyms",
          "Cuniculus#Synonyms"
        ],
        [
          "Central America",
          "Central America"
        ],
        [
          "South America",
          "South America"
        ],
        [
          "yellowish",
          "yellowish"
        ],
        [
          "underbelly",
          "underbelly"
        ],
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Cuniculus hernandezi"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Belize"
          ],
          "word": "gibnut"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Guyana"
          ],
          "word": "labba"
        },
        {
          "word": "royal rat"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "petnista paka",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "петниста пака"
        },
        {
          "code": "nhn",
          "lang": "Central Nahuatl",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "tepeitzcuintli"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "無尾刺豚鼠"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wúwěi cìtúnshǔ",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "无尾刺豚鼠"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "paka"
        },
        {
          "code": "gn",
          "lang": "Guaraní",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "paka"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "paca"
        },
        {
          "code": "tpw",
          "lang": "Old Tupi",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "paka"
        },
        {
          "code": "myp",
          "lang": "Pirahã",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "káixihíxao"
        },
        {
          "code": "myp",
          "lang": "Pirahã",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "word": "káixihí"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "paka",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "пака"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Colombian Amazonia",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "boruga"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Panama",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conejo pintado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guagua"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Ecuador",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guanta"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Northwestern",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guartinaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Bolivia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jochi pintado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "Colombian Llanos",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Venezuela",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Peru",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "majaz"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Argentina",
            "Paraguay",
            "Uruguay",
            "especially",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paca"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Central-America",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tepezcuinte"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Central-America",
            "Mexico",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tepezcuintle"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "Northeastern",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tinajo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "paka"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpækə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paca.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paca"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 12 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "es:Rodents"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cuniculus paca",
      "word": "lowland paca"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Cuniculus taczanowskii",
      "word": "mountain paca"
    },
    {
      "word": "pacarana"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "paca"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish paca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "paca"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese paca",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gn",
        "3": "paka"
      },
      "expansion": "Guaraní paka",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pacas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "paca (plural pacas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Cuniculus hernandezi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from Guaraní",
        "English terms derived from Portuguese",
        "English terms derived from Spanish",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ækə",
        "Rhymes:English/ækə/2 syllables",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Central Nahuatl translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Guaraní translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Old Tupi translations",
        "Terms with Pirahã translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "en:Caviomorphs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rodent",
          "rodent"
        ],
        [
          "Cuniculus",
          "Cuniculus#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "its synonyms",
          "Cuniculus#Synonyms"
        ],
        [
          "Central America",
          "Central America"
        ],
        [
          "South America",
          "South America"
        ],
        [
          "yellowish",
          "yellowish"
        ],
        [
          "underbelly",
          "underbelly"
        ],
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpækə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paca.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-paca.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Belize"
      ],
      "word": "gibnut"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guyana"
      ],
      "word": "labba"
    },
    {
      "word": "royal rat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petnista paka",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "петниста пака"
    },
    {
      "code": "nhn",
      "lang": "Central Nahuatl",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "tepeitzcuintli"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "無尾刺豚鼠"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wúwěi cìtúnshǔ",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "无尾刺豚鼠"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "paka"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "paka"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpw",
      "lang": "Old Tupi",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "paka"
    },
    {
      "code": "myp",
      "lang": "Pirahã",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "káixihíxao"
    },
    {
      "code": "myp",
      "lang": "Pirahã",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "word": "káixihí"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "paka",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пака"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Colombian Amazonia",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boruga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Panama",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conejo pintado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guagua"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Northwestern",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guartinaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Bolivia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jochi pintado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Colombian Llanos",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Peru",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Argentina",
        "Paraguay",
        "Uruguay",
        "especially",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tepezcuinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Central-America",
        "Mexico",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tepezcuintle"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "Northeastern",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tinajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rodent of genus Cuniculus",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "paka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for paca meaning in English (5.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.