noun
General Slang
Feca
/ˈfeka/ · noun · slang
Coffee, by way of vesre: cafe spun backwards into feca.
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Definitions
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A coffee break or quick stop at a cafe, by extension of the drink itself.
“Salimos a tomar una feca? (Shall we go grab a coffee?)”
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Coffee. The source is Spanish 'cafe' run through vesre (Lunfardo back-slang that reverses syllables): ca-fe becomes fe-ca.
“Me tomo una feca y arranco. (I'll have a coffee and get going.)”
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Used loosely for a cup or serving of coffee offered to a guest.
“Te cebo una feca? (Shall I pour you a coffee?)”
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Feca In A Sentence
Pone una feca, porfa. (Make a coffee, please.)
Nothing beats a feca and a medialuna in a Buenos Aires bar.
The musicians met for a feca before the milonga started.
Origin & Usage
A textbook example of Lunfardo vesre from early-1900s Buenos Aires, documented by the Academia Portena del Lunfardo; vesre itself is the back-slang that defines much of the dialect.
Variants
fecu
People Also Ask
What does feca mean?
It means coffee in Buenos Aires slang.
Why is coffee called feca?
Because of vesre, the Lunfardo trick of reversing syllables: 'cafe' becomes 'feca'.
What is vesre?
Vesre (itself 'reves' reversed) is the porteno habit of flipping a word's syllables to create slang.
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