peca

See also: PECA, pecá, pèca, pecà, pecã, and peça

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

peca

1. inflection of pecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

peca

1. inflection of pecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• pecca, pecha

Etymology

From Latin peccātus.

Noun

peca m (oblique plural pecas, nominative singular pecas, nominative plural peca)

1. sin

Related terms

• pecador
• pecant
• pecar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: pe‧ca
• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ

Verb

peca

1. inflection of pecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeka/ [ˈpe.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: pe‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pecar.

Noun

peca f (plural pecas)

1. freckle
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 301:

     Para que desaparezcan las pecas, es bueno lavarse la cara con rocío.

     In order to make freckles disappear, It is good to have the head cleaned with dew.

Etymology 2

Verb

peca

1. inflection of pecar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “peca”, 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