sucar

Catalan

Etymology

From suc (“juice”). First attested in 1653.

Pronunciation

Verb

sucar (first-person singular present suco, first-person singular preterite suquí, past participle sucat)

  1. to immerse a body into a liquid in order to make it absorbe the fluid, to soak, to dip
    Sucar galetes al cafè ― To dip biscuits in coffee
  2. (figuratively) to profit unfairly or illegally
    Quan quelcom sembla ésser un bon negoci, tothom procura sucar-hi
    When something seems to be a good deal, everybody tries to profit from it
  3. (figuratively, vulgar, slang) to have sex

Conjugation

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin sulcare (“to furrow, plough, turn up”). Cognate with Portuguese sulcar and Spanish surcar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suˈkaɾ/

Verb

sucar (first-person singular present suco, first-person singular preterite suquei, past participle sucado)

  1. (agriculture) to furrow
    Synonym: derregar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • “sucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “sucar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “sucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “sucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • “sucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “sucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
  • “sucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sucāre, from Latin sugere, present active infinitive of sugō, from Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk-.

Verb

sucar

  1. to suck

Conjugation

Further reading

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