luca

See also: Luca, LUCA, and lúča

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ka/

Verb

luca

1. inflection of lucere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology

From Caló luca (“money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluka/ [ˈlu.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: lu‧ca

Noun

luca f (plural lucas)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, colloquial) a thousand pesos
2. (Peru, colloquial) one nuevo sol

Further reading

• “luca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28