carallada

Galician

Etymology

Carallo (“dick, cock”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈʎaða̝/

Noun

carallada f (plural caralladas)

1. (informal) diversion, fun

   Estivemos toda a noite de carallada. ― We had fun all night.

   Synonyms: festa, troula

2. lack of seriousness
   • 2006, Malándromeda, Aquel Grupo [song]:

     Eran colegas había moito tempo atrás,
     o nome do seu grupo non importa xa;
     levaban anos, máis ben de carallada,

     They were pals, for a long long time,
     theirs group name won't really chime;
     they had been playing for years, rather amateurishly,

   Antonym: seriedade

3. (derogatory) shit, bullshit, nonsense
   • 2001, Paisaxes con palabras, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, page 56:

     —Non. Primeiro fíxolle gracia a nota e despois preguntou que quen escribira aquela carallada. —¿Carallada? ¿Dixo que era unha carallada? —Exacto, señor. Eu respondinlle que a escribira vostede.

     —No. First he had some fun reading the note, then he asked who wrote that nonsense. —Nonsense? He said that it was a nonsense? - Exactly, sir. I told him that you wrote it.

   Synonyms: merda, parvada

Related terms

• carallo
• escarallar

References

• “carallada” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “carallada” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carallada” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.