urraca

See also: Urraca

Galician

Alternative forms
  • pera orraca, pera urraca

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From the older peras de Dona Urraca, "Lady Urraca's pears", from the feminine personal name Urraca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈrɑ.kɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: u‧rra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

  1. a local and very appreciated variety of bittersweet pear

References
  • “peras” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “urraca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “urraca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pera urraca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈha.kɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈχa.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.ka/ [uˈha.ka]

  • Homophone: Urraca
  • Hyphenation: ur‧ra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

  1. magpie
    Synonym: pega

Spanish

Etymology

Of imitative origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈra.ka]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: u‧rra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

  1. magpie (also called: common magpie, European magpie, Eurasian magpie) (Pica pica)
    Synonyms: marica, pega, picaraza, picaza, urraca común

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