rúcula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ku.lɐ/ [ˈhu.ku.lɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ku.lɐ/ [ˈχu.ku.lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ku.la/ [ˈhu.ku.la]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁu.ku.lɐ/

Hyphenation: rú‧cu‧la

Noun

rúcula f (plural rúculas)

arugula; rocket (edible Mediterranean herb of the mustard family)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rucola. Cognate with English arugula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrukula/ [ˈru.ku.la]
Rhymes: -ukula
Syllabification: rú‧cu‧la

Noun

rúcula f (plural rúculas)

arugula, rocket (in British English)

See also

oruga (plant)

Further reading

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

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