see|Macaca
English
wikipedia|Macaca (slur)
Etymology
From French macaque < Portuguese macaco (monkey) < Bantu.
Noun
en-noun
- context|ethnic slur A derogatory epithet.
#:"Let's give a welcome to macaca, here."�George Allen <ref>1, Senator George Allen; referring to an opposition candidate's supporter of Indian descent who followed Allen everywhere. Washington Post Tuesday, August 15, 2006</ref>
#:MACACA n. A racial slur? A kind of monkey? Virginia Senator George Allen, who used it at a campaign rally when he spotted an Indian-American volunteer from his opponent's camp.... <ref>The Year in Buzzwords 2006, TIME, Sunday, December 17, 2006</ref>
- archaic slang italbrac|racial slur A dismissive epithet used by French-speaking colonials in Central Africa to refer to a native of the Congo or persons of native Congo ethnicity.
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Category:Ethnic slurs
Portuguese
Noun
macaca f (plural: macacas)
- feminine of macaco, meaning monkey.
- (Brazil): an insult, particularly directed at racial minorities
#:France Winddance Twine, Racism in a Racial Democracy: The Maintenance of White Supremacy in Brazil (1997) p. 70
#:*While Miguel reported that in the past he had been called derogatory names such as macaca (monkey), he continued to frame his failure to win public office exclusively in terms of his socioeconomic status.
#:Michael Hanchard, Racial Politics in Contemporary Brazil (1999) p. 211.
#:*During the demonstration, people from the surrounding apartments said �Macaca�; they insulted Benedita. We did not win anything with this gesture.
Category:Portuguese nouns
Spanish
Noun
es-noun-f
- female macaque monkey; see macaco#Spanish|macaco.
- binge, drunken spree, drunk, jag.
- female hobgoblin.
- italbrac|South America|pejorative Brazilian woman
- Honduras|lang=es macaca, a small coin equal to one peso.
Adjective
es-adj|mmacaco|fmacaca
- slang|lang=es ugly, misshapen, deformed, squat.
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