ressaca

Catalan

Alternative forms

ressaga

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈsa.kə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈsa.ka]

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressaques)

hangover
Synonym: mona
(nautical) undertow
Synonym: corrent de ressaca

Further reading

“ressaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“ressaca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“ressaca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish resaca. Compare French ressac.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [heˈsa.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.kɐ/ [χeˈsa.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈsa.ka/ [heˈsa.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈsa.kɐ/

Rhymes: -akɐ
Hyphenation: res‧sa‧ca

Noun

ressaca f (plural ressacas)

storm surge
(colloquial) hangover

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