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pacas

pacas is the plural of paca.

Meaning of paca

Noun

paca (plural pacas)

  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.
    Synonyms:
    gibnut, labba, royal rat

Proper noun capitalized: Pacas

Pacas (plural Pacases)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of pacas

pluralPacases

Origin of pacas

Borrowed from Spanish Pacas. This surname is mostly found in El Salvador.

Phrases with pacas

Questions about pacas

What does pacas mean?
Pacas means a surname from Spanish.
What is pacas the plural of?
Pacas is the plural of paca.
What part of speech is pacas?
Pacas is a proper noun.

Words near pacas in the dictionary

  1. pacara
  2. Pacaraima
  3. pacarana
  4. pacaranas
  5. pacaras
  6. pacas
  7. Pacases
  8. pacate
  9. pacated
  10. pacation
  11. pacative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pacas (page history and authors); Pacas (page history and authors); paca (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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