espelunca
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin spēlunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx), from earlier σπέος (spéos).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ũkɐ
- Hyphenation: es‧pe‧lun‧ca
Noun
[edit]espelunca f (plural espeluncas)
- cave, cavern or grotto
- (figurative, derogatory) poorly lit, dirty and messy dwelling
- (figurative, derogatory) generally illegal gambling house
Further reading
[edit]- “espelunca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “espelunca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]espelunca f (plural espeluncas)
Further reading
[edit]- “espelunca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ũkɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ũkɐ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- pt:Caving
- pt:Landforms
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Caving
- es:Landforms
- es:Geography