urraca

See also: Urraca

Galician

Alternative forms

• pera orraca, pera urraca

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From the older peras de Dona Urraca, "Lady Urraca's pears", from the feminine personal name Urraca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈrɑ.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: u‧rra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

1. a local and very appreciated variety of bittersweet pear

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peras”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “urraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “urraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pera urraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Assumed to be from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate. In any case, likely of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈha.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈha.kɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈχa.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈʁa.ka/ [uˈha.ka]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/

• Homophone: Urraca
• Hyphenation: ur‧ra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

1. magpie

   Synonyms: pega, charneco

2. (Brazil) a bird of the genus Piaya.

   Synonym: chincoã

Related terms

• Urraca

Further reading

• “urraca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈra.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: u‧rra‧ca

Noun

urraca f (plural urracas)

1. magpie (also called: common magpie, European magpie, Eurasian magpie) (Pica pica)

   Synonyms: marica, pega, picaraza, picaza, urraca común

Derived terms

• urraca común
• urraca de América

See also

• rabilargo

Further reading

• “urraca”, 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