Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Any of the four cultivated plants which belong to the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America.

    ко́каkóka

  2. (uncountable, usually)The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.

    Cocablatt, Koka

    a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

  3. A pastry typically made and consumed in the Catalan-speaking areas.

Examples

49 sentences
  1. May I have a Coca-Cola?

    ruМожно мне кока-колу?

    deKann ich eine Cola haben?

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  2. I want a bottle of Coca-Cola.

    ruЯ хочу бутылку кока-колы.

    deIch möchte eine Flasche Coca-Cola.

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  3. Is it coca that I chew?

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  4. Let's chew our coca leaves to rest.

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  5. Let's chew our coca as a way of resting.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any of four cultivated plants of the family Erythroxylaceae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon coca):

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara. Borrowed from Catalan

Borrowed from Spanish coca, from Quechua kuka, perhaps from Aymara.

Borrowed from Catalan coca. Doublet of cake.

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Forms

plural: cocas
Singularcoca

uncountable

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • United States comedienne who starred in early television shows with Sid Caesar (1908-2001):Imogene Coca
  • a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine:Erythroxylon cocacoca plant

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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