meca
Asturian
Etymology
Euphemised form of me cago en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeka/ [ˈme.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: me‧ca
Interjection
¡meca!
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
meca f (plural meques)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
meca f (plural meques, masculine mec, masculine plural mecs)
- female equivalent of mec (“calf (young cow); fool, simpleton”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
meca f (plural meques)
- female equivalent of meco (“boy, kid”)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Adjective
meca
- feminine singular of mec (“hairless, beardless; foolish”)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.kɐ/
- Hyphenation: me‧ca
Noun
meca f (plural mecas)
- (figuratively) Mecca (any important place of pilgrimage by people with a particular interest)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeka/ [ˈme.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: me‧ca
Etymology 1
Euphemised form of me cago en la leche or its variations
Interjection
meca
Noun
meca f (plural mecas)
Etymology 2
Noun
meca f (plural mecas)
Etymology 3
Adjective
meca f sg
- feminine singular of meco
Further reading
- “meca”, 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