Urraca

See also: urraca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • Orraca

Etymology

Presumably from urraca (“magpie”), of imitative origin. Alternatively, both words could be of Paleo-Hispanic origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈha.kɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.kɐ/ [uˈχa.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈʁa.ka/ [uˈha.ka]

  • Homophone: urraca
  • Hyphenation: Ur‧ra‧ca

Proper noun

Urraca f

  1. (archaic) a female given name

References

  1. ^ Urraca in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈraka/ [uˈra.ka]
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Syllabification: U‧rra‧ca

Proper noun

Urraca f

  1. (dated) a female given name
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