"macaca" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /maˈka.kɐ/ [Brazil], /mɐˈka.kɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: macacas [plural], macaco [masculine], macacos [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -akɐ Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|m=+}} macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)
  1. female equivalent of macaco Tags: feminine, form-of Form of: macaco
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-jVRGPIr1 Categories (other): Female animals Disambiguation of Female animals: 79 1 9 3 2 2 2 1 1
  2. misfortune, bad luck Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-kYPb7GpZ
  3. (Portugal) hopscotch Tags: Portugal, feminine Synonyms: amarelinha [Brazil], neca [Mozambique]
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-lNfNiKrf Categories (other): European Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Children's games, Primates Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 10 14 44 3 5 6 1 14 1 Disambiguation of Children's games: 6 9 44 10 5 9 4 9 4 Disambiguation of Primates: 6 6 40 15 8 7 7 7 6
  4. (figurative) an ugly woman Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-zyn4c3zD
  5. (South Brazil) flu Tags: South-Brazil, feminine
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-kvdaM9WJ Categories (other): Southern Brazilian Portuguese
  6. (Northeast Brazil) stockwhip Tags: Northeast-Brazil, feminine
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-URUg7FJM Categories (other): Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese
  7. (Ceará) heifer Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-4SBf1ZMc Categories (other): Cearense Portuguese
  8. (Rio de Janeiro) clipping of macaca de auditório Tags: Rio-de-Janeiro, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, feminine Alternative form of: macaca de auditório
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-Om~CSM~R Categories (other): Carioca Portuguese
  9. sand sole (Pegusa lascaris) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-macaca-pt-noun-xgye238P

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "macacas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macaco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macacos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "m": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma",
        "ca",
        "ca"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 1 9 3 2 2 2 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Female animals",
          "orig": "pt:Female animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "macaco"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female equivalent of macaco"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-jVRGPIr1",
      "links": [
        [
          "macaco",
          "macaco#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, bad luck"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-kYPb7GpZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "European Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 14 44 3 5 6 1 14 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 44 10 5 9 4 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Children's games",
          "orig": "pt:Children's games",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 6 40 15 8 7 7 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Primates",
          "orig": "pt:Primates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hopscotch"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-lNfNiKrf",
      "links": [
        [
          "hopscotch",
          "hopscotch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Portugal) hopscotch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "amarelinha"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mozambique"
          ],
          "word": "neca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ugly woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-zyn4c3zD",
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) an ugly woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flu"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-kvdaM9WJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "flu",
          "flu"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Brazil) flu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stockwhip"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-URUg7FJM",
      "links": [
        [
          "stockwhip",
          "stockwhip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northeast Brazil) stockwhip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cearense Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heifer"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-4SBf1ZMc",
      "links": [
        [
          "heifer",
          "heifer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ceará) heifer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "macaca de auditório"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Carioca Portuguese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clipping of macaca de auditório"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-Om~CSM~R",
      "links": [
        [
          "macaca de auditório",
          "macaca de auditório#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Rio de Janeiro) clipping of macaca de auditório"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "sand sole (Pegusa lascaris)"
      ],
      "id": "en-macaca-pt-noun-xgye238P",
      "links": [
        [
          "sand sole",
          "sole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈka.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐˈka.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macaca"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese countable nouns",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese feminine nouns",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese nouns",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/akɐ",
    "Rhymes:Portuguese/akɐ/3 syllables",
    "es:Female animals",
    "es:Primates",
    "pt:Children's games",
    "pt:Female animals",
    "pt:Primates"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "macacas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macaco",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "macacos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "m": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)",
      "name": "pt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ma",
        "ca",
        "ca"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese female equivalent nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "macaco"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female equivalent of macaco"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "macaco",
          "macaco#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "misfortune, bad luck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ],
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "European Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hopscotch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hopscotch",
          "hopscotch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Portugal) hopscotch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
          ],
          "word": "amarelinha"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mozambique"
          ],
          "word": "neca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an ugly woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ugly",
          "ugly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) an ugly woman"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Southern Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flu"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flu",
          "flu"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Brazil) flu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stockwhip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stockwhip",
          "stockwhip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northeast Brazil) stockwhip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northeast-Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cearense Portuguese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heifer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heifer",
          "heifer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ceará) heifer"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "macaca de auditório"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Carioca Portuguese",
        "Portuguese clippings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clipping of macaca de auditório"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "macaca de auditório",
          "macaca de auditório#Portuguese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Rio de Janeiro) clipping of macaca de auditório"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sand sole (Pegusa lascaris)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sand sole",
          "sole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/maˈka.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐˈka.kɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-akɐ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macaca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for macaca meaning in Portuguese (2.8kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ceará",
  "path": [
    "macaca"
  ],
  "section": "Portuguese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macaca",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Ceará",
  "path": [
    "macaca"
  ],
  "section": "Portuguese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "macaca",
  "trace": ""
}

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