carallada

Galician

Etymology

Carallo (“dick, cock”) +‎ -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈʎaða̝/

Noun

carallada f (plural caralladas)

1. (familiar) diversion, fun

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

   Synonyms: festa, troula

2. (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 with the note, then he asked who wrote that shit. —Shit? He said that it was shit? - Exactly, sir. I told him that you wrote it.

   Synonyms: merda, parvada

Related terms

• carallo
• escarallar

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carallada”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN