sinuca
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English snooker.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈnu.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈnu.ka/
- Rhymes: -ukɐ
- Hyphenation: si‧nu‧ca
Noun
sinuca f (plural sinucas)
- (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
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