rocha

See also: Rocha

Galician

Castle of A Rocha Forte, near Santiago de Compostela, destructed in the 15th century

A Rocha Forte today

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Old French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin. Doublet of roca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔt͡ʃa̝/

Noun

rocha f (plural rochas)

1. rock
2. (archaic) stronghold, castle

Derived terms

• Rocha
• Rochela

Related terms

• rochoso

Further reading

• “rocha”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

References

• “rocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “rocha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “rocha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rocha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “rocha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French roche, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.

Cognate with Italian rocca, English rock, French roche, and Breton roc'h. Doublet of roca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [ˈhɔ.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [ˈhɔ.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [ˈχɔ.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃa/ [ˈhɔ.ʃa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: ro‧cha

Noun

rocha f (plural rochas)

1. rock

Related terms

• rochoso

Further reading

• “rocha” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “rocha” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrot͡ʃa/ [ˈro.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: ro‧cha

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rochar.

Noun

rocha f (plural rochas)

1. (agriculture) debushing

Etymology 2

Verb

rocha

1. inflection of rochar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rocha”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014