Meaning of concha

concha: Shell: Small measure for fluids used by Hebrews and Greeks, who weighed 5 octaves castellanas.; SHELL: Copper coin that was worth two quarters, i.e. eight maravedis.; SHELL: In America, instrument musical of rope that is manufactured with the shell of an armadillo.; Common name for the vulva.; "Shell" . Argentina, lunfardo . Swearing, a word that offends modesty and good taste. 1 . Vagina, part of the female reproductive system. 2 . Antonym : Argentinism, from lunfardo, "poronga" (penis).; In Argentina and more countries of America it is a vulgar way of naming the "vulva", for some association with the shape of the leaflet of mollusks. It can also come from a deformation of the Spanish "coña" or "coño", or by association with the Roman goddess Venus or Venera (mythological exponent of femininity), which was depicted being born from the sea from a shell.; Shell may be the shell of the turtle or the armadillo. Shell is the leaflet that covers an oyster or a Mussel. In Colombia, it also means crust, mother-of-Pearl, effrontery, impudence, apathy, slowly, sinverguenceria, cover sinverguenzura. Colombia is also a surname of Spanish origin. Name of a President of Colombia ( José Vicente Concha Ferreira ) and a Colombian Cardinal ( Luis Concha Córdoba, son of the previous ). In Colombia also say shell or Conchita women called Consuelo ( although used more of apocope Connie ) and conception.; SHELL: piece of crockery of form oblong, where is served the hors d'oeuvres.; Shell: Affectionate treatment to a woman named Concepcion.