crica

Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic, from *klik;^[1] otherwise, maybe from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, comb”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾika/ [ˈkɾi.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: cri‧ca

crica f (plural cricas)

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonym: nariz

2. (anatomy, informal) pussy
3. (mollusc) a clam (rayed trough shell, Mactra corallina, syn. Mactra stultorum)

   Synonym: ameixa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crica”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crica”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crica”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: cri‧ca

crica m or f (plural cricas)

1. captious, nitpicky

   Synonyms: implicante, cricri

crica f (plural cricas)

1. dry skin of a peach
2. (informal, slightly vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾika/ [ˈkɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: cri‧ca

crica f (plural cricas)

1. (Puerto Rico, informal, vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)

• “crica”, 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