pipoca

Meaning

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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Concepts

popcorn

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popped corn

pop corn

popping corn

Translations

pof-maïs

Popcorn

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popcorn

patlamış mısır

popcorn

palomitas de maíz

pop-corn

🍿

gepofte maïs

maïs éclaté

🍿

popcorn

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maïs soufflé

🍿

pop

cancha

Puffmais

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈpɔ.kɐ/

Etymology

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