diuca

Spanish

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdjuka/ [ˈd̪ju.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: diu‧ca

Noun

diuca f (plural diucas)

1. common diuca finch
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 258:

     El canto de la diuca es de buen augurio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “diuca”, 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