foca
/ˈfoka/ · B2 · noun · f
seal
🦭 foca sounds like FOH-kah: think FOCus on the barking seal
Spanish foca comes from Latin phoca, from Greek phōkē, meaning seal. English keeps the root in phocine (seal-like) and Phocidae, the true seal family. The Spanish slang sense, a plump person, comes from the seal's rounded, blubbery body.