coca

See also: Coca, COCA, cóca, còca, cocã, cocă, and coça

English

The leaves and fruit of a coca plant.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

Pronunciation

Noun

coca (usually uncountable, plural cocas)

  1. Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.
  2. The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine.

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Catalan

Noun

coca f (plural coques)

  1. coca (pastry)
  2. coca (plant)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.ka/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Contracted form of Coca-Cola

Noun

coca m (plural cocas)

  1. Coke (serving of Coca-Cola)
  2. cola (serving of any cola drink)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua.

Noun

coca m (plural cocas)

  1. coca (plant)
  2. (informal) cocaine

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Portuguese

Noun

coca f (plural cocas)

  1. coca (cultivated plant of the family Erythroxylaceae)
  2. coca (dried leaf of Erythroxylon coca)
  3. Coke (Coca-Cola)
  4. (uncountable, slang) snow (cocaine)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coca, from Spanish, from Quechua.

Noun

coca f (uncountable)

  1. coca plant

See also


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoka/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Quechua koka or Aymara kuka (coca).

Noun

coca f (plural cocas)

  1. coca
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Etymology 2

Abbreviation of cocaína (cocaine).

Noun

coca f (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) cocaine
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Etymology 3

Abbreviation of Coca-Cola.

Noun

coca f (plural cocas)

  1. Coke (Coca-Cola, a trademarked soft drink)

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Swazi

Etymology

Verb

-coca?

  1. to chat

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Xhosa

Etymology

Verb

-coca

  1. to become clean

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