nica

nica

1. alternative form of ningã

nica

1. here

Perhaps from Medieval Latin nichil (“nothing”).^[1]

nica f (plural nicas)

1. (colloquial) trifle

   Synonyms: bagatela, ninharia

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ka/
• Hyphenation: nì‧ca

nica

1. feminine singular of nicu

Clipping of nicaragüense.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnika/ [ˈni.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: ni‧ca

nica m or f (masculine and feminine plural nicas)

1. (slang) Nicaraguan

nica m or f by sense (plural nicas)

1. (slang) Nicaraguan
   • 1980, Enrique Alvarado Martínez: Cruzada Nacional de Alfabetización - Ministerio de Educación, En cada rincón un nica alfabetizado!

   Synonyms: (formal term) nicaragüense, (informal, used by Costa Ricans) paisa

• Nicaraguans refer to themselves this way. This term is often used in Costa Rica as a pejorative.

• “nica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “nica”, 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