eureca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὕρηκᾰ (heúrēkă), first-person singular perfect active indicative of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find; to find out”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ewˈɾɛ.kɐ/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɛ.kɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ewˈɾɛ.ka/ [eʊ̯ˈɾɛ.ka]

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: eu‧re‧ca

Interjection

eureca!

  1. eureka (exclamation indicating sudden discovery)
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