mandioca

English

Noun

mandioca (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) manioc
   • 1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1:

     There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.

References

• “mandioca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.diˈɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.diˈɔ.ka]

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandioques)

1. manioc, cassava

   Synonym: iuca

Related terms

• tapioca

Further reading

• “mandioca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

1. Cassava

2. Root of cassava

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.ka/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdjɔ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: man‧di‧o‧ca

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

1. manioc, cassava

   Synonym: pau-farinha

2. root of cassava
3. (colloquial) any food
4. (colloquial) feast, tuck-in, banquet

   Synonym: comezaina

5. (Brazil, ichthyology) (Percophis brasiliensis) Brazilian flathead

   Synonym: tiravira

6. (Brazil, figuratively, vulgar) penis

Descendants

• → Spanish: mandioca
  • → Middle French: manioc
    • French: manioc
      • → German: Maniok
      • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
        • Turkish: manyok
      • → Romanian: manioc
    • → English: manioc
    • → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
    • → Romanian: manioc
• → Kongo: mandioko

Further reading

• “mandioca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “mandioca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mandioca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdjoka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: man‧dio‧ca

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

1. manioc plant

Descendants

• → Middle French: manioc
  • French: manioc
    • → German: Maniok
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
      • Turkish: manyok
    • → Romanian: manioc
  • → English: manioc
  • → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
  • → Romanian: manioc

Further reading

• “mandioca”, 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