carraca
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Attested, in Galician, since the 14th century. Compare French caraque, Italian caracca.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]carraca f (plural carracas)
- (historical, navigation) carrack
- Synonym: nao
- (figured) old useless thing
- rattle
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carraca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carraca”, 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), “carraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “carraca I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]carraca f (plural carracas)
- (music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle
- Synonym: matraca
- ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench
- Synonym: matraca
- roller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae)
- (colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)
- (historical, nautical) carrack
Further reading
[edit]- “carraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “carraca” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
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- Spanish lemmas
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