Meaning of coca | Babel Free
ˈkɔka̝Definitions
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cockatrice, in Galician folklore a water creature masculine
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coca (plant) feminine
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cog (a clinker-built, flat-bottomed, square-rigged, single-masted mediaeval ship of burden) feminine, historical
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cocaine feminine, informal
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claw (pincer of a crustacean) feminine
Equivalents
Examples
“de baleas, de cocas, de orças et de todoslos outros pescados quea ẽnas agoas”
of whales, of cockatrices, of orcas and of all the other fishes that are in the waters
“que ordenaba e mandaba que andase logo a dita confraría de Santa Oufémea depúus a confraría de Santa María a Madre con sua danza de espadas e çirios e outros jogos algúus, se os tebesen, saluo que o jogo da qoqa que andase aalende das confrarías de San Sebastián e de San Migeel, junto con a confraría dos carniçeyros, por que a dita coqa he escandallosa”
they ordered and commanded that the guild of Saint Euphemia be the firt [in the parade], then the guild of Saint Mary Mother, with its sword dance and candles and other amusements, if they have any, with the exception of the game of the cockatrice, which should go after the guilds of Saint Sebastian and Saint Michael, with the butcher's guild, because said cockatrice is scandalous
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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