"foca" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔ.kɐ/ Forms: focas [plural], focas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Etymology: From Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal, sea dog”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|la|phōca}} Latin phōca, {{der|pt|grc|φώκη||seal, sea dog}} Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal, sea dog”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} foca f (plural focas), {{pt-noun|mfbysense}} foca m or f by sense (plural focas)
  1. (mammals) seal Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-foca-pt-noun-8PZov2EO Disambiguation of Mammals: 42 6 9 30 13 Topics: biology, mammals, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (Brazil, journalism) a journalist at the start of his/her career Tags: Brazil, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Categories (topical): Mass media
    Sense id: en-foca-pt-noun-D1x3XAp5 Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese Topics: journalism, media
  3. an avaricious individual Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-foca-pt-noun-YDD4ZYFV Categories (other): Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Portuguese nouns with irregular gender: 17 26 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: leão-marinho, morsa
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɔ.kɐ/
Rhymes: -ɔkɐ Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} foca
  1. inflection of focar: Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: focar
    Sense id: en-foca-pt-verb-elgtbAUg Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 13 9 14 43 20
  2. inflection of focar: Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: focar
    Sense id: en-foca-pt-verb-pYLco4PF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1989, Paulo Rangel, O Assassinato do Conto Policial, FTD, page 10",
          "roman": "“Yes”, said Cotoxó.",
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