ressaca

Catalan

Alternative forms

ressaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈsa.kə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈsa.ka]

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressaques)

hangover
Synonym: mona
(nautical) undertow
Synonym: corrent de ressaca

Further reading

“ressaca”, 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
“ressaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
“ressaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca. Compare French ressac.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [heˈsa.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [χeˈsa.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.ka/ [heˈsa.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsa.kɐ/

Rhymes: -akɐ
Hyphenation: res‧sa‧ca

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressacas)

storm surge
(colloquial) hangover