"calaca" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈlaka/, [kaˈla.ka] Forms: calacas [plural]
Rhymes: -aka Etymology: Derived from calavera, from Latin calvaria, likely influenced by Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from Aramaic גולגולת (“skull”) used as the name of the execution site of Christ in the New Testament; see also Calvary and Golgotha. Probably influenced by sound-symbolism in view of the unusual development and duplicated syllable. Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|calvaria}} Latin calvaria, {{der|es|grc|Γολγοθᾶ}} Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ), {{der|es|arc|גולגולת|t=skull}} Aramaic גולגולת (“skull”), {{sound-symbolic|es|title=sound-symbolism}} sound-symbolism Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} calaca f (plural calacas)
  1. (Honduras, Mexico, colloquial) Death Tags: Honduras, Mexico, colloquial, feminine Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-calaca-es-noun-~Nb-py3n Disambiguation of Death: 85 15 Categories (other): Honduran Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Pages with 1 entry, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 59 41
  2. (Mexico, colloquial) skull Tags: Mexico, colloquial, feminine Synonyms: calavera, cráneo
    Sense id: en-calaca-es-noun-jBpkpRWL Categories (other): Mexican Spanish

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[kaˈla.ka]"
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