manduca

See also: Manduca and manducá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mənˈdu.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “manduca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “manduca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “manduca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Interlingua

Verb

manduca

1. present of manducar
2. imperative of manducar

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025