nuca
Spanish, noun
nuca is spelled N-U-C-A (4 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,540th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nuca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “nape (back of the neck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a tilde, ñuca is a different word: “feminine singular of ñuco”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Parte superior y posterior del cuello donde este se une con la cabeza”.
What does nuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenape (back of the neck)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ñuco
noun
- 1
femininefeminine singular of ñuco
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Parte superior y posterior del cuello donde este se une con la cabeza
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nuca
- nucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nuca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nuca in Spanish?
nuca appears 5.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).