# paca
## English
### Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpækə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ækə

### Noun

paca (plural pacas)
* Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

#### Synonyms

* gibnut (Belize)
* labba (Guyana)
* royal rat

#### Derived terms

* lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)
* mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii)
* pacarana

#### Translations
### See also

* Cuniculus hernandezi
* paca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* AACP, ACPA, APAC, APCA, CAAP, CAPA, PAAc, capa

## Classical Nahuatl
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paːka/

### Verb

pāca
* (transitive) to wash

### References

* Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
* Campbell, R. Joe (1997) “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, archived from the original on 20 February 2011
* Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
* Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

## Cypriot Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic بَاعَ (bāʕa).

#### Verb

paca I (present pipece) (transitive)
* to sell

### Etymology 2

From Arabic بَعْدُ (baʕdu).

#### Adverb

paca
* still, not yet
    yapati paca o sapi ― my father is still young at heart

### References

* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 161
* Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 171

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈpat͡sa]
* Rhymes: -at͡sa
* Hyphenation: pa‧ca

### Adjective

paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)
* peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
* peaceful, motionless and calm

#### Derived terms

* pacema

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɒt͡sɒ]
* Hyphenation: pa‧ca
* Rhymes: -t͡sɒ

### Noun

paca (plural pacák)
* (informal) inkspot

#### Synonyms

* tintafolt
* tintapaca

#### Derived terms

* pacáz
* tintapaca

### Further reading

* paca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* puca (Cois Fharraige)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ˈpˠɑkə/
* (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈpˠakə/

### Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)
* pack (bundle to be carried)

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
paca
pacaí
vocative
a phaca
a phacaí
genitive
paca
pacaí
dative
paca
pacaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an paca
na pacaí
genitive
an phaca
na bpacaí
dative
leis an bpaca don phaca
leis na pacaí :

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “paca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “paca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “paca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.ka/
* Rhymes: -aka
* Hyphenation: pà‧ca

### Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

#### Noun

paca m (invariable)
* (zoology) paca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

paca
* inflection of pacare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* capa

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpaː.kaː/, [ˈpäːkäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpa.ka/, [ˈpäːkä]

### Verb

pācā
* second-person singular present active imperative of pācō

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀧𑀘 (Brahmi script)
* पच (Devanagari script)
* পচ (Bengali script)
* පච (Sinhalese script)
* ပစ or ပၸ (Burmese script)
* ปจ or ปะจะ (Thai script)
* ᨷᨧ (Tai Tham script)
* ປຈ or ປະຈະ (Lao script)
* បច (Khmer script)
* 𑄛𑄌 (Chakma script)

### Verb

paca
* inflection of pacati (“to cook”):
** second-person singular imperative active
** first/third-person singular imperfect active

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.t͡sa/
* (Greater Poland):
** (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA: /ˈpa.t͡sa/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -at͡sa
* Syllabification: pa‧ca
* Homophone: Paca

### Etymology 1

Deverbal of pacać.

#### Noun

paca f
* (construction) trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)
* (Chełmno, construction) unfired brick

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

paca m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of pac

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

paca
* third-person singular present of pacać

### Further reading

* paca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “paca”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 390

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpa.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -akɐ
* Hyphenation: pa‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi paka.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* (Brazil) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
** (Brazil, by extension, cooking) dish made of its meat
* (Brazil) mole cricket
    Synonyms: grilo-toupeira, (Brazil) paquinha, (Portugal) ralo

#### Noun

paca m (plural pacas)
* (Brazil, derogatory) homosexual man
* (Brazil, colloquial) naive (one that lacks worldly experience); a fool

#### Adjective

paca m or f (plural pacas)
* (colloquial) naive

#### Descendants

* → English: paca
* → Galician: paca

#### Related terms

* pacuçu
* paqueiro
* paquera

### Etymology 2

Alternative form of pacas.

#### Adverb

paca (not comparable)
* (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Kabuverdianu paka.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* (Cape Verde) mallet

### Etymology 4

From Middle French pacque, Old French pakke, from Dutch pak.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* (dated) package
    Synonyms: pacote, embrulho
* (dated) a kind of tree fom Portuguese India

### Etymology 5

Unknown

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* (colloquial, Angola) money

### Further reading

* “paca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “paca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “paca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaka/ [ˈpa.ka]
* Rhymes: -aka
* Syllabification: pa‧ca

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pacque, from Middle Dutch pak, from Old Dutch *pakko, from Frankish *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas, masculine paco, masculine plural pacos)
* (chiefly Rioplatense and Paraguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) boruga, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, (Peru) majaz, tepezcuintle, (Mexico, Central America) tepezcuinte, (Northeastern Colombia) tinajo

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

paca f (plural pacas)
* feminine singular of paco (“cop”)

#### Adjective

paca f
* feminine singular of paco

### Further reading

* “paca”, 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