pipoca

Senso (Inglese)

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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Concetti

popcorn

pop-corn

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Traduzioni

popcorn

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pof-maïs

patlamış mısır

Popcorn

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gepofte maïs

popcorn

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maïs éclaté

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palomitas de maíz

popcorn

pop-corn

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maïs soufflé

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cancha

pop

Puffmais

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/piˈpɔ.kɐ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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