pipoca

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (feminine) popcorn
2. (feminine) small skin boil
3. (feminine) tapeworm cyst embedded in meat
4. (Brazil, colloquial, feminine) avian pox (disease caused by Avipoxvirus)
5. (Brazil, feminine) candelabra tree (Senna didymobotrya)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of pipocar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of pipocar:

pipocar

1. (Brazil, intransitive) to pop (of popcorn, or to make a similar popping sound)
2. (Brazil, intransitive) to boil with bubbles (of water)
3. (Brazil, colloquial, figuratively, intransitive) to pop up, to appear suddenly
4. (Brazil, colloquial, intransitive) to wimp out, to act fearfully

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Conceptos

palomitas de maíz

pop

cancha

pochoclo

🍿

millo

cocaleca

🍿

maíz pira

poporopo

🍿

pipoca

🍿

pururú

🍿

canguil

🍿

tostones

rosas

crispetas

pororó

🍿

palomita

esquites

poporópos

cabrita

rositas de maíz

gallitos

🍿

cotufas

roscas

rosita

popcorn

🍿

palomitas de maíz

crispeta

🍿

flores de maíz

rositas

esquite

palomitas

cabritas

popcorn Puerto Rico

pororó Northern and Western Argentina

roseta

🏵️

rosetas

rosetas de maíz

cotufa

🍿

Traducciones

popcorn

🍿

popcorn

Popcorn

🍿

patlamış mısır

pof-maïs

popcorn

popcorn

🍿

gepofte maïs

maïs soufflé

🍿

maïs éclaté

🍿

pop-corn

🍿

popped corn

Puffmais

🍿

pop corn

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/piˈpɔ.kɐ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Unknown. Sources are unanimous in mentioning a borrowing from Old Tupi pipoka, which is unnatested.