"foca" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfoka/, [ˈfo.ka] Forms: focas [plural], phoca [alternative, Early, Modern, Spanish]
Rhymes: -oka Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor.? Latin phōcalbor. Old Spanish phoca Spanish foca Inherited from Old Spanish phoca, a learned borrowing from Latin phōca, from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē). Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:phoca<ety:lbor<la:phōca>>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē)bor.? Latin phōcalbor. Old Spanish phoca Spanish foca [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "φώκη", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "phōca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "phoca", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "foca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="foca">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|phoca|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish phoca, {{inh+|es|osp|phoca}} Inherited from Old Spanish phoca, {{lbor|es|la|phōca|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin phōca, {{der|es|grc|φώκη}} Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} foca f (plural focas)
  1. seal (animal belonging to the Pinnipedia parvorder of semi-aquatic marine mammals) Tags: feminine Synonyms: lobo del mar, lobo marino
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  2. (by extension) seal skin Tags: broadly, feminine
    Sense id: en-foca-es-noun-4FgE2HPb
  3. (colloquial) whale (fat person) Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-foca-es-noun-iLN-NpHE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: como una foca, foca anillada de Saimaa, foca barbuda, foca común, foca de Groenlandia, foca leopardo, foca manchada, foca moteada, foca pía, piel de foca Related terms: nerpa

Inflected forms

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        "(colloquial) whale (fat person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoka/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfo.ka]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-oka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foca"
}

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  "called_from": "page/1713/20221215",
  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, foca/Spanish",
  "path": [
    "foca"
  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "foca",
  "trace": ""
}

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