hamaca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Pronunciation

Noun

hamaca f (plural hamaques)

  1. hammock

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

hamaca (plural hamacas)

  1. hammock

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmaka/ [aˈma.ka]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: ha‧ma‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Taíno hamaca.

Noun

hamaca f (plural hamacas)

  1. hammock
  2. (Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Uruguay)[1] swing
    Synonym: columpio
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Catalan: hamaca
  • English: hammock
  • Esperanto: hamako
  • French: hamac
  • Italian: amaca
  • Portuguese: maca
  • Sranan Tongo: amaka

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hamaca

  1. inflection of hamacar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. hamaca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

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