crica - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic, from *klik;[1] otherwise, maybe from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, comb”).
crica f (plural cricas)
- (anatomy) nose
- Synonym: nariz
- (anatomy, informal) pussy
- (mollusc) a clam (rayed trough shell, Mactra corallina, syn. Mactra stultorum)
- Synonym: ameixa
- choracricas
- criqueiro
- lambecricas
- rapacricas (“common starfish”, literally “vulva-scrapper”)
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crica”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “crica”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crica”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “crica”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- Hyphenation: cri‧ca
crica m or f (plural cricas)
- captious, nitpicky
- Synonyms: implicante, cricri
crica f (plural cricas)
- dry skin of a peach
- (informal, slightly vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
crica f (plural cricas)
- (Puerto Rico, informal, vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)
- “crica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10