calaca
Spanish
editEtymology
editDerived from calavera, from Latin calvaria, likely influenced by Ancient Greek Γολγοθᾶ (Golgothâ) from Aramaic גולגולת (“skull”) used as the name of the execution site of Christ in the New Testament; see also Calvary and Golgotha. Probably influenced by sound-symbolism in view of the unusual development and duplicated syllable.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcalaca f (plural calacas)
- (Honduras, Mexico, colloquial) Death
- (Mexico, colloquial) skull
Further reading
edit- “calaca”, 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
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- Spanish terms derived from Latin
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- Spanish terms derived from Aramaic
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- es:Death