discoteca

Catalan

Alternative forms

• disco

Etymology

From disco- +‎ -teca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [dis.kuˈte̞.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dis.koˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [dis.kuˈtɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [dis.koˈte.ka]

Noun

discoteca f (plural discoteques)

1. record library
2. discotheque, club

   Synonym: night-club

Further reading

• “discoteca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “discoteca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “discoteca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “discoteca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From disco + -teca.

Noun

discoteca f (plural discotecas)

1. discotheque, club (night club)

Further reading

• “discoteca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From disco +‎ -teca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dis.koˈtɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: di‧sco‧tè‧ca

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Noun

discoteca f (plural discoteche)

1. a club, a disco, a discotheque
2. a record library

Related terms

• disco

Anagrams

• diseccato

Portuguese

Etymology

From disco + -teca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.koˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.koˈtɛ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.koˈtɛ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diʃ.kuˈtɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: dis‧co‧te‧ca

Noun

discoteca f (plural discotecas)

1. discotheque; nightclub

Further reading

• “discoteca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “discoteca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish disco

Classical Nahuatl -tecatlbor.

Spanish -teca

Spanish discoteca

From disco + -teca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diskoˈteka/ [d̪is.koˈt̪e.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: dis‧co‧te‧ca

Noun

discoteca f (plural discotecas)

1. discotheque, club

Derived terms

• bola de discoteca
• disco

Further reading

• “discoteca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025