penca

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pen‧ca

Noun

penca f (plural pencas)

  1. (botany) white cabbage
  2. a bunch (of flowers or fruits)
    • 1867, Franklin Távora, chapter 11, in O Cabeleira:
      Vinho ou cachaça? perguntou o velho, apontando, de volta, na porta, com uma penca de bananas que lhe vinham caindo das mãos de maduras.
  3. (slang) a bunch (a considerable amount of something)
  4. (slang) hooter; schnozzle (especially large nose)
    • 1913, Coelho Neto, chapter XXVII, in A Conquista:
      Vou ver. E, com desabalados gestos, Montezuma partiu, falando só, com dois pince-nez escarranchados na penca.

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown origin. Maybe related to Italian pinco (“penis”)

Adjective

penca (plural pencas)

  1. (Chile, slang) bad, lame, uncool
  2. feminine singular of penco

Synonyms

Noun

penca f (plural pencas)

  1. (botany) main rib or vein of a leaf
  2. fleshy stalk, leafstalk or leaf of certain plats e.g. celery leafstalks or nopal leaves.
  3. (Chile) penis
  4. (Chile) radish (large oblong variety)
  5. agave

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