sinuca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English snooker.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /siˈnu.ka/

• Rhymes: -ukɐ
• Hyphenation: si‧nu‧ca

Noun

sinuca f (plural sinucas)

1. (Brazil) snooker (a variety of snooker in which, on a rectangular table covered in green felt and with six holes, eight balls of different colors and values are rolled with a wooden cue, the winner scoring the most points by using the white ball to put all the others into any of the holes.)

   Hypernym: bilhar

   1. (Brazil) snooker (square table or establishment where this game is played.)

Further reading

• “sinuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sinuca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026