crica

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic, from *klik; otherwise, maybe from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾika/ [ˈkɾi.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: cri‧ca

Noun

crica f (plural cricas)

1. (anatomy) nose

   Synonym: nariz

2. (anatomy, informal) pussy
3. (mollusc) a clam (rayed trough shell, Mactra corallina, syn. Mactra stultorum)

   Synonym: ameixa

Derived terms

• choracricas
• criqueiro
• lambecricas
• rapacricas (“common starfish”, literally “vulva-scrapper”)

 

References

• 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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: cri‧ca

Adjective

crica m or f (plural cricas)

1. captious, nitpicky

   Synonyms: implicante, cricri

Noun

crica f (plural cricas)

1. dry skin of a peach
2. (informal, slightly vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾika/ [ˈkɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: cri‧ca

Noun

crica f (plural cricas)

1. (Puerto Rico, informal, vulgar) pussy (woman's genitalia)

Further reading

• “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