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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfoca
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfo.ka
"La foca descansa sobre una roca."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A carnivorous marine mammal with flippers, breeding chiefly on coasts or ice floes.
"A playful foca swam close to the fishing boat." - 2
A novice or beginner, particularly in journalistic or academic contexts in Brazilian Portuguese slang.
"The new reporter started working as a foca in the main newsroom."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The URL-encoded string 'fo%ca%8e%c9%90' decodes directly to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) representation of the Portuguese word 'foca' ([ˈfɔkɐ]). The term derives from the Latin 'phoca', originating from the ancient Greek 'phōkē', referring to a seal, which historically evolved across Romance languages to designate marine mammals of the pinniped family.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Foca" is said worldwide
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phoque
Transliteration: fok
"Un phoque se repose sur la banquise."
Robbe
Transliteration: ˈʁɔbə
"Die Robbe schwimmt im kalten Wasser."
foca
Transliteration: ˈfɔ.ka
"Una foca nuotava vicino alla riva."
foca
Transliteration: ˈfo.ka
"La foca descansa sobre una roca."
foca
Transliteration: ˈfɔ.kɐ
"A foca nada agilmente no oceano."
शील
Transliteration: sheel
"बर्फ पर एक शील आराम कर रही है।"
海豹
Transliteration: hǎi bào
"海豹在冰上晒太阳。"
바다표범
Transliteration: bada-pyo-beom
"바다표범이 얼음 위에서 쉬고 있다."
アザラシ
Transliteration: azarashi
"アザラシが氷の上で休んでいる。"
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