# moca
## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From a proposed pre-Roman form *mauka of uncertain origin.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ka]

#### Noun

moca f (plural moques)
* guts, entrails

##### Derived terms

* esmocar

### Etymology 2

From Mokha (“Mocha”), port city in Yemen.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.ka]

#### Noun

moca m (plural moques)
* mocha (type of coffee, or a dessert made from chocolate and coffee)

### Etymology 3

From moc (“mucus”), based on the fish's consistency.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.ka]

#### Noun

moca f (plural moques)
* (Valencia) jellyfish
    Synonym: medusa

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmo.ka]

#### Verb

moca
* inflection of mocar (“to blow (the nose); to mock”):
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.ka]

#### Verb

moca
* inflection of mocar (“to gut (a fish or carcass)”):
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “moca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Unknown. Related to Spanish mueca and probably also French moquer.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔka̝/

#### Noun

moca m (plural mocas)
* mockery
    Synonyms: burla, chacota, escarnio
* grimace
** c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:Mordesme en Papeliños, que leeron moitas Xentes: mordes me, chantasme os dentes chantame agora os focinos: si lendo estes meus termiños fixères xestos, ou mocas, ê contra min te desuocas, ê con Mocas ques ferir me, e focas no Corpo abrirme, Chantame as mocas nas focas.You bite me in little papers that many people have read You bite me, thrust you teeth in me Thrust now your snout If reading these my terms You do gestures or grimaces and against me you run off at the mouth and with clubs you want to injure me and holes in my body open Thrust the clubs into my holes
* (figurative) drunkenness

##### Derived terms

* amocar
* de moca
* moqueiro

### Etymology 2

From an old Galician *mãoca, from man (“hand”) + -oca. Cognate with Asturian manueca.

#### Alternative forms

* monca, mouca

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔka̝/

#### Noun

moca f (plural mocas)
* club, cudgel
    Synonyms: baloco, cachaporra
** c. 1780, anonymous author, Cincuenta décimas contra Cernadas:Mordesme en Papeliños, que leeron moitas Xentes: mordes me, chantasme os dentes chantame agora os focinos: si lendo estes meus termiños fixères xestos, ou mocas, ê contra min te desuocas, ê con Mocas ques ferir me, e focas no Corpo abrirme, Chantame as mocas nas focas.You bite me in little papers that many people have read You bite me, thrust you teeth in me Thrust now your snout If reading these my terms You do gestures or grimaces and against me you run off at the mouth and with clubs you want to injure me and holes in my body open Thrust the clubs into my holes
* handstaff, helve (flail's handle)
    Synonym: mango

##### Derived terms

* mocada
* mocazo

### Etymology 3

Ultimately from Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔka̝/

#### Noun

moca m (plural mocas)
* mocha

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moca”, 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), “moca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), due to its being a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.ka/
* Rhymes: -ɔka
* Hyphenation: mò‧ca

### Noun

moca m (uncountable)
* mocha (Arabian coffee)
* a coffee drink made from mocha
* (by extension) coffee
    Synonym: caffè

### Noun

moca f (invariable)
* Alternative spelling of moka (“coffee maker”)

### Further reading

* moca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* camo, coma, macò

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑁄𑀘 (Brahmi script)
* मोच (Devanagari script)
* মোচ (Bengali script)
* මොච (Sinhalese script)
* မောစ or မေႃၸ (Burmese script)
* โมจ or โมจะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᩮᩣᨧ (Tai Tham script)
* ໂມຈ or ໂມຈະ (Lao script)
* មោច (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄮𑄌 (Chakma script)

### Noun

moca m
* plantain tree

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “moca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.kɐ/

### Etymology 1

From Mocha, Yemen, a port on the Red Sea, from Arabic اَلْمُخَا (al-muḵā), a major marketplace for coffee during Ottoman rule.

#### Noun

moca m (plural mocas)
* mocha (a type of strong Arabian coffee)
* mocha (a coffee drink with chocolate)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

moca f (plural mocas)
* club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
    Synonym: porrete
* (Brazil) mockery; ridicule; derision
    Synonyms: sarro, zoação, zombaria, escárnio
* (Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

moca
* inflection of mocar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Verb

moca
* inflection of mocar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative