ruca

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

Feminine form of ruc

ruca f (plural ruques)

1. female equivalent of ruc
2. rude woman

Borrowed from Latin eruca (“a type of cabbage”). Doublet of eruga.

ruca f (plural ruques)

1. rocket (UK, Australia, NZ); arugula (US)
2. annual wall-rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)

   Synonym: ravenissa mural

3. (usually in the plural) a hair on the back of the neck

• “ruca”, 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

From Latin ērūca, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer(s)-uk-eh₂, from *ǵʰers- (“to bristle”). Doublet of eruca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Hyphenation: rù‧ca

ruca f (plural ruche)

1. (archaic, botany) arugula, rocket

• ruchetta
• rucola

• cura

• ·rucca

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈uɡa/

·ruca

1. third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive prototonic perfective of beirid

• IPA^(key): /ˈruka/ [ˈru.ka]
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: ru‧ca

ruca f (plural rucas)

1. female equivalent of ruco

ruca

1. feminine singular of ruco

Borrowed from Mapudungun ruka (“house”).

ruca f (plural rucas)

1. (Chile) traditional Indian hut

   Synonyms: choza, rancha, rancho, tapera

2. (Chile, derogatory) hut, hovel (housing made of poor construction)

• “ruca”, 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