pipoca

Portuguese

Pipoca

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈpɔ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
• Hyphenation: pi‧po‧ca

Noun

pipoca f (plural pipocas)

1. (cooking) popcorn

   Synonym: pororoca

2. small skin boil

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pústula

3. tapeworm cyst embedded in meat

   Synonyms: canjica, canjiquinha, cisticerco, cisto, pipoquinha

4. (Brazil, colloquial, pathology) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)

   Synonyms: bouba aviária, caroço

5. (Brazil, botany) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)

Derived terms

• empipocar
• jasmim-pipoca
• milho-pipoca
• pipocar
• pipoquear
• pipoqueira
• pipoqueiro
• pipoquinha

Related terms

• empipocado
• empipocamento
• pipocado
• pipocamento
• pipoco
• pipoqueamento

Descendants

• → Spanish: pipoca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pipoca

1. inflection of pipocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pipoca”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pipoca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pipoca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “pipoca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pipoca (“popcorn”).

Noun

pipoca f (plural pipocas)

1. (Bolivia) popcorn

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:palomita