recua

recua

Portuguese

Verb

recua

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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish requa, from Andalusian Arabic رَكْبَة‎‎ (rakba), from Arabic رَكَبَة‎‎ (rakaba), plural of رَاكِب‎ (rākib, “rider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrekwa/ [ˈre.kwa]
• Rhymes: -ekwa
• Syllabification: re‧cua

Noun

recua f (plural recuas)

1. pack (of mules, horses)
2. (colloquial) gang; bunch (any group of things or people)

Further reading

• “recua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014