macaca

From the genus name Macaca, from Portuguese macaca, feminine of macaco (“monkey”). Doublet of macaque and macaco.

• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈkɑːkə/, /məˈkækə/

macaca (plural macacas)

1. (dated) Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca; a macaque.
   • 1886, Robert Hartmann, Anthropoid Apes (The International Scientific Series; 52), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 111:

     This process of the temporal bone varies in size, and may occur on one or both sides. A similar formation is common among gorillas, chimpanzees, macacas, magots (Inuus), and baboons.* It is less frequent among orangs,† gibbons, marmosets, and American species (howlers, hooded apes, etc.).

• macaca moment

• camaca

• Rhymes: -akɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ca‧ca

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

1. female equivalent of macaco
2. (Portugal) hopscotch

   Synonyms: (Brazil) amarelinha, (Mozambique) neca

• IPA^(key): /maˈkaka/ [maˈka.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ma‧ca‧ca

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

1. female macaque monkey
2. binge, drunken spree, drunk, jag
3. female hobgoblin
4. (South America, derogatory) Brazilian woman
5. (Honduras) macaca, a small coin equal to one peso
6. (Chile, vulgar) masturbation

macaca

1. feminine singular of macaco

• “macaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28