casaca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French casaque, from Italian casacca. Cognate with English cassock.

Pronunciation

Noun

casaca f (plural casaques)

  1. dress coat
  2. frock coat

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈza.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈza.ka/

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: ca‧sa‧ca

Noun

casaca f (plural casacas)

  1. dress coat

Derived terms

Further reading

  • casaca” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈsaka/ [kaˈsa.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ca‧sa‧ca

Etymology 1

Unknown, cognate with French casaque and Italian casacca, possible ultimately from Turkish qazaq. Doublet of cosaco and kazajo.

Noun

casaca f (plural casacas)

  1. (Spain, Peru) jacket
    Synonyms: chaqueta, (El Salvador) chumpa

Noun

casaca f (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador) lies, bullshit
    Synonym: mentira
    ¡Casaca!
    Lies!
    No creerías la casaca que me dieron.
    You wouldn't believe the lies they told me.

Further reading

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