beca

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• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.ka]

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beca f (plural beques)

1. scholarship

• becar
• becari

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbɛ.ka]

beca

1. inflection of becar (“to subsidize (a student), to give a stipend to”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbe.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbe.ka]

beca

1. inflection of becar (“to snooze, to nap”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• ceba

From Late Classical Malay بيچا (beca), from Hokkien 馬車 / 马车 (bé-chhia).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbet͡ʃa/ [ˈbe.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃa, -t͡ʃa, -a

beca (Jawi spelling بيچا, plural beca-beca)

1. cycle rickshaw, velotaxi
2. trishaw

   Synonym: becak (Indonesia)

• lanca

• "beca" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

• “beca” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• becca

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʲeɡa/

beca

1. inflection of bec:
   1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
   2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Unknown, compare Spanish beca.

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: be‧ca

beca f (plural becas)

1. gown (official robe)

   Synonym: toga

2. (informal, Portugal) a bit (small quantity)

   Synonyms: bocado, pouco, (Portugal, informal) coche

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeka/ [ˈbe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: be‧ca

Borrowed from Italian becco, from Latin beccus (“beak”) because of a medieval gown worn that covered the face like a beak.

beca f (plural becas)

1. grant, stipend
2. scholarship

   una beca Erasmus ― an Erasmus scholarship

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

beca

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

• “beca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024