paçoca

See also: pacoca

Portuguese

Paçoca

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi apasok (“to crumble something with one's hands”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈsɔ.kɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈsɔ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ço‧ca

Noun

paçoca f (plural paçocas)

1. (Brazil, cooking) a Brazilian dish made of cassava flour and dried meat
2. (Brazil, cooking) paçoca, a Brazilian sweet of Tupi origin generally consisting of a hard but fragile mass of ground peanuts, sugar and salt

Derived terms

• paçoquinha

Further reading

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