bacinica

Spanish

Etymology

From bacina +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baθiˈnika/ [ba.θiˈni.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /basiˈnika/ [ba.siˈni.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ba‧ci‧ni‧ca

Noun

bacinica f (plural bacinicas)

1. chamber pot.

   Synonyms: bacinilla, bacineta

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 203:

     Se hecha un sapo dentro de su bacinica con orines se tapa el tiesto y se entierra al pie de un árbol.

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Further reading

• “bacinica”, 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