ruca

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈru.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈru.ka/

Feminine form of ruc

ruca f (plural ruques)

1. female equivalent of ruc
2. rude woman

From Latin eruca (“a type of cabbage”).

ruca f (plural ruques)

1. rocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US)
2. (usually in the plural) A hair on the back of the neck.

• “ruca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Doublet of eruca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ka/, [ˈr̺uːkä]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Stress: rùca
• Hyphenation: ru‧ca

ruca f (plural ruche)

1. (archaic, botany) arugula, rocket

• ruchetta
• rucola

• ·rucca

·ruca

1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic perfective of beirid
2. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic perfective of beirid

ruca

1. Feminine singular of adjective ruco.

ruca f (plural rucas)

1. female equivalent of ruco

From Mapudungun ruka (“house”)

ruca f (plural rucas)

1. (Chile) traditional Indian hut
2. (Chile, derogatory) hut, hovel (housing made of poor construction)

• (hut): choza, rancha, rancho, tapera