bazuca

Catalan

Etymology

From English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈzu.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈzu.ka]

Noun

bazuca m (plural bazuques)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka (“bazooka”), from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). Doublet of buzina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈzu.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ukɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧zu‧ca

Noun

bazuca f (plural bazucas)

1. bazooka (weapon)
2. (Mozambique) a large beer bottle

Related terms

• boi

Further reading

• “bazuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• basuka, bazuka, basuca

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈθuka/ [baˈθu.ka] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsuka/ [baˈsu.ka] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ba‧zu‧ca

Noun

bazuca f (plural bazucas)

1. bazooka

Further reading

• “bazuca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025