craca
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾa.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -akɐ
- Hyphenation: cra‧ca
Noun
craca f (plural cracas)
- barnacle (marine crustacean that attaches itself to surfaces)
- Synonym: percebe
- grime (encrusted filth)
- Synonym: encardimento
Romanian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kraˈka/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: cra‧ca
Verb
a craca (third-person singular present crachează, past participle cracat) 1st conjugation
- (transitive, petrochemistry) to crack
Conjugation
conjugation of craca (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| infinitive | a craca | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cracând | ||||||
| past participle | cracat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | crachez | crachezi | crachează | cracăm | cracați | crachează | |
| imperfect | cracam | cracai | craca | cracam | cracați | cracau | |
| simple perfect | cracai | cracași | cracă | cracarăm | cracarăți | cracară | |
| pluperfect | cracasem | cracaseși | cracase | cracaserăm | cracaserăți | cracaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să crachez | să crachezi | să cracheze | să cracăm | să cracați | să cracheze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | crachează | cracați | |||||
| negative | nu craca | nu cracați | |||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkra.ka/
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: cra‧ca
Noun
craca
- definite nominative/accusative singular of cracă (“bough”)
References
- “craca”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025