nica
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Aromanian
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nica
- Alternative form of ningã
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
[edit]Adverb
[edit]nica
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Medieval Latin nichil (“nothing”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]nica f (plural nicas)
References
[edit]- ^ “nica”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Sicilian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]nica
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of nicaragüense.
Adjective
[edit]nica m or f (masculine and feminine plural nicas)
Noun
[edit]nica m or f by sense (plural nicas)
- (slang) Nicaraguan
- 1980, Enrique Alvarado Martínez: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización - Ministerio de Educación, En cada rincón un nica alfabetizado!
- Synonyms: (formal term) nicaragüense, (informal, used by Costa Ricans) paisa
Usage notes
[edit]- Nicaraguans refer to themselves this way. This term is often used in Costa Rica as a pejorative.
Further reading
[edit]- “nica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Costa Rican Spanish
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