butaca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish butaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [buˈta.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [buˈta.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bu‧ta‧ca

Noun

butaca f (plural butaques)

1. armchair

   Synonyms: cadiral, poltrona

2. seat (in theatre, cinema, etc.)

   Synonym: seient

Further reading

• “butaca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “butaca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Cumanagoto putaca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buˈtaka/ [buˈt̪a.ka]
• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: bu‧ta‧ca

Noun

butaca f (plural butacas)

1. armchair

   Synonyms: sillón, poltrona

2. seat (in theatre, cinema, etc.)

   Synonyms: asiento, localidad

Derived terms

• butacón
• patio de butacas

Descendants

• → Catalan: butaca

Further reading

• “butaca”, 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