marica

Borrowed from Spanish marica.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈɾi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈɾi.ka]

marica m or f (masculine and feminine plural mariques)

1. queer

marica m (plural mariques)

1. (derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer

From Sanskrit मरीचम् (marīcam).

marica

1. black pepper

marica n

1. black pepper

• → Khmer: ម្រេច (mrɨc)
• → Lao: ພິກ (phik)
• → Mon: မြေက်
• → Burmese: ငရုတ် (nga.rut)
• → Thai: พริก (prík)
• → Indonesian: merica
• → Malay: merica

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “marica”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ca

marica m or f (plural maricas)

1. Alternative form of maricas

marica m (plural maricas)

1. Alternative form of maricas

mȁrica f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏рица) (slang)

1. police van, paddy wagon
2. (by extension) the police

   Synonym: полѝција

From María +‎ -ica, María being a common feminine given name.

Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈɾika/ [maˈɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ma‧ri‧ca

marica m (plural maricas)

1. (informal, derogatory) poof; fag; faggot (homosexual man)

   Synonym: maricón

2. (informal, derogatory) wimp, weakling
3. (informal, derogatory) effeminate man
4. (Colombia, Venezuela, colloquial, slang) dude; bro; mate

   Synonyms: (Chile) weón, (Spain) tío, tía; see also Thesaurus:tío

marica f (plural maricas)

1. magpie

   Synonym: urraca

• “marica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Ultimately from Malay merica, from Pali marica, from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Compare Ternate rica.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈri.t͡ʃa/

marica

1. chili pepper

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics