cocada

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Either borrowed from Portuguese cocada or borrowed from Spanish cocada depending on where exactly the food was invented.

cocada (plural cocadas)

1. A type of coconut confectionery originating from the coasts of Latin America.

From coco +‎ -ada.

• Hyphenation: co‧ca‧da

cocada f (plural cocadas)

1. cocada
2. (informal) headbutt

   Synonym: cabeçada

3. (informal) a hit on the head
   • 2019 November 6, Amy Blankenship, O coração do tempo: O guardião do coração de cristal - livro 1‎^[1], Tektime, →ISBN:

     Suki deu uma cocada em Shinbe vindo por trás dele e gritou, "Sim, não é a toa que lhe chamam de 'Rei dos voyeurs!'" […]

     Suki hit Shinbe on the head from behind and shouted, "Yes, it's no wonder they call you the 'King of the voyeurs!'" […]

• “cocada”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cocada”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /koˈkada/ [koˈka.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: co‧ca‧da

cocada f (plural cocadas)

1. cocada
2. (Bolivia, Colombia) A type of nougat
3. (Venezuela) coconut milkshake, cold drink made from coconut milk

• “cocada”, 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
• “cocada”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010