manduca

See also: Manduca and manducá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mənˈdu.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [manˈdu.ka]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from manducar.

Noun

manduca f (plural manduques)

1. (colloquial) grub, chow

Related terms

• menjar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

manduca

1. inflection of manducar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “manduca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “manduca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “manduca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “manduca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Verb

manduca

1. inflection of manducare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

mandūcā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mandūcō

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈduka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪u.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: man‧du‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from manducar.

Noun

manduca f (plural manducas)

1. (colloquial) grub; chow

Etymology 2

Verb

manduca

1. inflection of manducar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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