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pucha

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See also: pǔchá and puxa

Galician

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Noun

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pucha f (plural puchas)

  1. cap
    Synonyms: monteira, carapucha, cufete, moquelo, cadela, piocha, cachucha

Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese puxar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pucha.

Verb

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pucha

  1. to pull

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese puxar.

Verb

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pucha

  1. to pull

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uxa
  • Syllabification: pu‧cha

Etymology 1

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Back-formation from pustka + -cha.

Noun

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pucha f

  1. augmentative of pustka
  2. (Western Lublin, Puławy) rope ladder (hole in ladders of large ladder-shaped carts in which there are no rungs and their place is taken by ropes)
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from puszka + -cha.

Noun

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pucha f

  1. augmentative of puszka
  2. (Western Lublin, Chmielnik, Kurów, Eastern Lublin, Wysokie) cheek; face
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Further reading

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  • pucha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “pucha”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 240

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈput͡ʃa/ [ˈpu.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -utʃa
  • Syllabification: pu‧cha

Noun

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pucha f (plural puchas)

  1. (vulgar) pussy
    Synonyms: concha, coño, vulva

Interjection

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pucha

  1. (Argentina, Chile, Peru, colloquial) expresses pity, disappointment, sympathy
    Synonyms: ¡Qué lata!, ¡Qué lástima!
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, Judas Iscariote:
      —¿Estás por meterme preso?
      —No, hombre, ¿por qué? ¿No se te puede dar una broma?
      —Es que parece que querés sonsacarme algo.
      Pucha… qué rico tipo sos, ¿no te regeneraste ya?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

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pucha

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

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