"cuca" meaning in Spanish

See cuca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkuka/, [ˈku.ka]
Rhymes: -uka Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|es}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|es|adjective form}} cuca
  1. feminine singular of cuco Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: cuco
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-adj-Lwrf1hdD

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuka/, [ˈku.ka] Forms: cucas [plural]
Rhymes: -uka Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|es}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} cuca f (plural cucas)
  1. chufa, earth almond, Cyperus esculentus Tags: feminine Synonyms: alcatufa, chufa
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-q~LXcaDY Categories (other): Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 13 0 9 4 8 0 17 3 1 1 12 0 8 7 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 1 32 10 4 1 23 0 15 13 Disambiguation of Spanish onomatopoeias: 1 33 8 4 4 24 1 14 12
  2. (entomology) caterpillar Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Entomology Synonyms: oruga
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-uv~fN6pd Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  3. (colloquial) woman who likes to gamble Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-X64PIF6a
  4. (colloquial) penis Tags: colloquial, feminine Synonyms: pene
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-9pUtbu9V
  5. (Colombia) cookie made of wheat flour and panela Tags: Colombia, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-v-ocYDI3 Categories (other): Colombian Spanish, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 13 0 9 4 8 0 17 3 1 1 12 0 8 7
  6. (vulgar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) pussy (vagina) Tags: Colombia, Dominican-Republic, Venezuela, feminine, vulgar Synonyms: vagina#Spanish
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-wSdLMoPF Categories (other): Colombian Spanish, Dominican Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish
  7. (Spain, colloquial) peseta Tags: Spain, colloquial, feminine Synonyms: peseta
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-J5WztCBq Categories (other): Peninsular Spanish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cucaracha

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuka/, [ˈku.ka] Forms: cucas [plural], cuco [masculine], cucos [masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -uka Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|es}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{es-noun|f|m=+}} cuca f (plural cucas, masculine cuco, masculine plural cucos)
  1. (colloquial) hag, bogeywoman Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-cuca-es-noun-3AkpxXKS

Inflected forms

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    }
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  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "17 13 0 9 4 8 0 17 3 1 1 12 0 8 7",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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      ],
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          "Cyperus esculentus#Translingual"
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        "(entomology) caterpillar"
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        "feminine"
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        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "natural-sciences"
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    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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        "cookie made of wheat flour and panela"
      ],
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      ],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Venezuelan Spanish",
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          "word": "peseta"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkuka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uka"
    }
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈku.ka]"
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        "cookie made of wheat flour and panela"
      ],
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          "panela",
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkuka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uka"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈku.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uka"
    }
  ],
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}

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