taça

See also: Appendix:Variations of "taca"

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish taza, from Arabic طَاس (ṭās), from Middle Persian tšt' (tašt); see there for more information.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈta.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧ça

Noun

taça f (plural taças)

1. cup, tazza, goblet (an open vessel, similar to a bowl, but with a distinctly elevated base)

   Coordinate terms: tigela, cálice

2. bowl

   Uma taça de cereais. ― A bowl of cereals.

   Synonym: tigela

3. (sports, Portugal) trophy
4. (sports, Portugal) cup

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaθa/ [ˈt̪a.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtasa/ [ˈt̪a.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ta‧ça

Noun

taça f (plural taças)

1. obsolete form of taza