marica

See also: Maricá

Catalan

Etymology

From Spanish marica.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)

1. queer

Noun

marica m (plural mariques)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀭𑀺𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• मरिच (Devanagari script)
• মরিচ (Bengali script)
• මරිච (Sinhalese script)
• မရိစ or မရိၸ (Burmese script)
• มริจ or มะริจะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᩥᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣິຈ or ມະຣິຈະ (Lao script)
• មរិច (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄨𑄌 (Chakma script)

Noun

marica ?

1. black pepper

Descendants

• Khmer: ម្រេច (mrɨc)

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. Alternative form of maricas

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

1. Alternative form of maricas

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)

1. police van, paddy wagon
2. (by extension) the police

Synonyms

• (the police): полѝција

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Spanish

Etymology

María +‎ -ico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾika/ [maˈɾi.ka]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

Noun

marica m (plural maricas)

1. (slang, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)

Synonyms

• maricón

Noun

marica f (plural maricas)

1. magpie

Synonyms

• urraca f

Derived terms

• maricón
• mariquita