cuca

cuca (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of coca

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ka/, /ˈku.kɐ/
• Homophone: Cuca

Of uncertain origin.

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. (familiar) head

• cabeça, coco (familiar)

Borrowed from German Kuchen (“cake”), from Old High German kuocho.

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. (South Brazil) Streuselkuchen (a cake of German origin made of yeast dough covered with sweet crumb topping)
   • Carlos Vieira (2005) Armazem Colombo, →ISBN, page 82:

     Segundo o autor Alexandre de Freitas, “aparentada do stollen e do panetone, a cuca nada mais é do que um pão doce feito com massa mole e batida, onde são acrescentadas frutas secas ou frescas, no meio ou sobre a massa; […] ”.

     According to author Alexandre de Freitas, “related to stollen and panetone, Streuselkuchen is nothing more than a sweet bread made with soft, beaten dough, to which dry or fresh fruit is added in the middle or on top of; […] ”.

Borrowed from English cook.

cuca m (plural cucas)

1. (humorous) a skilled cook or chef

• cozinheiro (any cook), mestre-cuca

Of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux) and Late Latin Late Latin cucus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuka/

cuca

1. Feminine singular of adjective cuco.

cuca f (plural cucas)

1. chufa, earth almond, Cyperus esculentus

   Synonyms: alcatufa, chufa

2. (entomology) caterpillar

   Synonym: oruga

3. (colloquial) woman who likes to gamble

   mala cuca ― evil person

4. (colloquial) hag, bogeywoman
5. (colloquial) penis
6. (Colombia) cookie made of wheat flour and panela
7. (vulgar, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)

• (penis): See Thesaurus:pene.

• cucaracha

• Cyperus esculentus on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

• “cuca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.