bazuca

Catalan

Etymology

From English bazooka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈzu.kə]

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈzu.ka]

Noun

bazuca m (plural bazuques)

1. bazooka (rocket launcher)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka (“bazooka”), from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). Doublet of buzina.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈzu.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈzu.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ukɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧zu‧ca

Noun

bazuca f (plural bazucas)

1. bazooka (weapon)
2. (Mozambique) a large beer bottle

Related terms

• boi

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bazooka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /baˈθuka/ [baˈθu.ka]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /baˈsuka/ [baˈsu.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ba‧zu‧ca

Noun

bazuca f (plural bazucas)

1. bazooka

Further reading

• “bazuca”, 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