cocoța

See also: cocota and cocotă

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • cucuța, gogoța

Etymology

Unknown. Probably a derivative of the expressive root coc (cf. cucă (peak, top), cucuia (rise, climb)). Less likely etymologies proposed include a link with cocoș, or a derivative of Latin cucutium, or a Vulgar Latin root *concaptiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.koˈt͡sa/

Verb

a cocoța (third-person singular present cocoață, past participle cocoțat) 1st conjugation

  1. to clamber up, climb up, mount
    Synonyms: cățăra, suliga
  2. to alight, perch on top; place something at the top (or too high)
  3. (figurative) to be promoted quickly (in a job)

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