cascuda

Galician

Cascuda

Etymology

13th century. From casca (“skin, shell”) +‎ -uda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈkuða̝/

Adjective

cascuda

1. feminine singular of cascudo

Noun

cascuda f (plural cascudas)

1. cockroach

   Synonyms: carroucha, cascudo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cascuda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cascuda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cascuda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cascuda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Adjective

cascuda

1. feminine singular of cascudo