"-teca" meaning in Spanish

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Suffix

Forms: -tecas [plural]
Etymology: From Latin -theca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, scabbard”). Etymology templates: {{der|es|la||-theca}} Latin -theca, {{der|es|grc|θήκη|t=case, scabbard}} Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, scabbard”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} -teca f (noun-forming suffix, plural -tecas)
  1. forms collections Tags: feminine, morpheme Derived forms: biblioteca (english: library), discoteca (english: discotheque), filmoteca (english: film collection), ludoteca (english: a collection of games), pinacoteca (english: art collection), videoteca (english: video collection), vinoteca (english: wine collection)
    Sense id: en--teca-es-suffix-Y~GCSSbl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -tecas [feminine, masculine, plural], -tecas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl -tecatl. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nci|-tecatl}} Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl -tecatl Head templates: {{es-adj}} -teca m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -tecas), {{es-noun|mfbysense}} -teca m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -tecas)
  1. forms various Mexican or Central American ethnicities Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, morpheme Derived forms: azteca, guatemalteca, zapoteca
    Sense id: en--teca-es-suffix-oSm450j~ Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine suffixes by sense, Spanish nouns with irregular gender, Spanish suffixes with multiple genders Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 29 26 29 2 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 25 28 2 17 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine suffixes by sense: 23 77 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 13 87 Disambiguation of Spanish suffixes with multiple genders: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        {
          "english": "film collection",
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        },
        {
          "english": "a collection of games",
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        },
        {
          "english": "art collection",
          "word": "pinacoteca"
        },
        {
          "english": "video collection",
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          "english": "wine collection",
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Download raw JSONL data for -teca meaning in Spanish (3.5kB)

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