hamaca

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

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

hamaca f (plural hamaques)

1. hammock

• “hamaca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “hamaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “hamaca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “hamaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

hamaca (plural hamacas)

1. hammock

• IPA^(key): /aˈmaka/ [aˈma.ka]

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: ha‧ma‧ca

Borrowed from Taíno hamaca.

hamaca f (plural hamacas)

1. hammock
2. (Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Rioplatense) swing

   Synonym: columpio

3. (Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Southern Cone) rocking chair

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hamaca

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

• “hamaca”, 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
• “hamaca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010