moca

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.kə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ka/

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

moca f (plural moques)

1. guts, entrails

• esmocar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

moca

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mocar
2. second-person singular imperative form of mocar

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

Unknown. Related to Spanish mueca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mockery

   Synonym: chacota

2. grimace
   • c1780, anonymous, 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

3. (figurative) drunkenness

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

• monca

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

moca f (plural mocas)

1. club, cudgel
   • c1780, anonymous, 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

   Synonyms: baloco, cachaporra

2. flail's handle

   Synonym: mango

• mocada
• mocazo

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔka̝/

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mocha

• “moca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “moca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “moca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Hyphenation: mò‧ca

moca m (uncountable)

1. mocha (Arabian coffee)
2. a coffee drink made from mocha
3. (by extension) coffee

   Synonym: caffè

moca f (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of moka (“coffee maker”)

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

• camo, coma, macò

moca m

1. plantain tree

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

moca m (plural mocas)

1. mocha (a type of strong Arabian coffee)
2. mocha (a coffee drink with chocolate)

moca f (plural mocas)

1. club (heavy stick used as a weapon)

   Synonym: porrete

2. (Brazil) mockery; ridicule; derision

   Synonyms: sarro, zoação, zombaria, escárnio

3. (Portugal, colloquial) trip (drug-induced intoxicated state)

moca

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

moca

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