yuca
Spanish, noun/ˈʝuka/
yuca is spelled Y-U-C-A (4 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,054th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Yuca is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “yucca plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas, que alcanza los dos m de altura. perenne…”.
What does yuca mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyucca plant
- 2
femininecassava
adjective
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinedifficult, hard, often serious.
Ella está pasando por un problema muy yuca justo ahora.
- 2
colloquialfemininemasculinestrict, severe in discipline.
La maestra suele ser bien yuca con sus clases.
- 3
colloquialfemininemasculinesmart and skillful.
Ese chico es muy yuca para las matemáticas.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas, que alcanza los dos m de altura. perenne, autóctona y extensamente cultivada en Sudamérica y el Pacífico por su raíz almidonosa de alto valor alimentario. La yuca es endémica de la región subtropical y tropical de Argentina y Paraguay, y de la región tropical de Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú y Venezuela, aunque se es 2. Raíz tuberosa de la yuca₁. Se consume cocida y es parte de la gastronomía de múltiples países.
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 yuca
- yucas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce yuca?
- /ˈʝuka/
- [ˈɟ͡ʝu.ka]
- [ˈʝuka]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to yuca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is yuca in Spanish?
yuca appears 3.0 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).