cueca

English

Etymology

American Spanish, from zamacueca, a dance performed in Chile and Peru.

Noun

cueca (countable and uncountable, plural cuecas)

1. A family of musical styles from parts of South America.
2. Any of the dances associated with the cueca musical style.

Related terms

• zamacueca

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Portuguese

Etymology

From cu +‎ -eca (diminutive).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɛ.kɐ/ [kʊˈɛ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɛ.kɐ/ [kʊˈɛ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈɛ.ka/ [kʊˈɛ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /ˈkwɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: cu‧e‧ca

Noun

cueca f (plural cuecas)

1. (Portugal) underpants, including panties

   Synonym: cuecas

2. (Brazil, Mozambique) male underpants

   Synonym: boxers

3. (Portugal, soccer) nutmeg (the playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent)

   Synonyms: túnel, caneta

Spanish

Etymology

See zamacueca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkweka/ [ˈkwe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: cue‧ca

Noun

cueca f (plural cuecas)

1. cueca

Descendants

• → English: cueca

Further reading

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