craca

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -akɐ

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾa.kɐ/

Noun

craca f (plural cracas)

1. barnacle (marine crustacean that attaches itself to surfaces)

   Synonym: percebe

2. grime (encrusted filth)

   Synonym: encardimento

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French craquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraˈka/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cra‧ca

Verb

a craca (third-person singular present crachează, past participle cracat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive, petrochemistry) to crack

Conjugation

    conjugation of craca (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a craca
gerund			cracând
past participle			cracat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	crachez	crachezi	crachează	cracăm	cracați	crachează
	imperfect	cracam	cracai	craca	cracam	cracați	cracau
	simple perfect	cracai	cracași	cracă	cracarăm	cracarăți	cracară
	pluperfect	cracasem	cracaseși	cracase	cracaserăm	cracaserăți	cracaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să crachez	să crachezi	să cracheze	să cracăm	să cracați	să cracheze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		crachează			cracați
	negative		nu craca			nu cracați

Derived terms

• cracare

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra.ka/
• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: cra‧ca

Noun

craca

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of cracă (“bough”)

References

• craca in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)