croca

Galician

Alternative forms

• crouca

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *kroukā (“mound”). Cognate of Old Irish cruach (“pile, heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾɔka̝/

Noun

croca f (plural crocas)

1. tailhead.
2. sirloin; a cut of meat from the rump of an animal.
3. (informal) head.
4. dry chestnut.

Derived terms

• crocar (“to become bent”)
• escrocar (“to harm the tailhead of an animal”)

References

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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) croca

1. nominative plural of crocum
2. accusative plural of crocum
3. vocative plural of crocum

References

• croca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)