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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from a substrate language.[ 1] Compare carolo .
Pronunciation
Noun
carocha f (plural carochas )
corn husk or shuck
Synonyms: follato , poma
a fragment of bread crust
Synonym: codia
scab
Synonym: lastra
top , head
Derived terms
References
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “carocha ”, 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 ), “carocha ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “carocha ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Portuguese
Carrocha (sense 3)
Etymology
Unknown. For sense 3, compare coroça and Spanish coroza .
Pronunciation
Noun
carocha f (plural carochas )
any of various beetle -like insects
2024 January 18, Raimundo Sales, Manairama - Maldição e Vida , Scortecci, →ISBN :Deu também, nesse mesmo ano, uma peste de carocha preta como nunca se vira. That same year, there was also an outbreak of black beetles like never seen before.
( Portugal ) cockroach ( type of insect )
Synonym: barata
( historical ) a kind of dunce cap used during the Spanish Inquisition
Synonym: coroça
1879 , Manoel Bernardes Branco, Portugal e os Estrangeiros , page 397 :[ …] Que bem que ficava uma carocha a este herege! a dunce cap would look great on this heretic!
1866 , Charles Dellon, Narração da Inquisição de Goa, vertida em port., e accrescentada com notas, por M.V. d'Abreu , page 226 :Como elle estava condemnado a fogueira, estava ella já prompta; o réo trazia uma carocha e uma samarra pintada de demonios e tições accesos [ …] As he was condemned to the stake, it was already prepared; the accused wore a dunce cap and a cloak painted with demons and burning embers
( by extension ) witch
Noun
carocha m (plural carochas )
Beetle ( a line of Volkswagen cars )
Adjective
carocha
feminine singular of carocho ( “ dark ” )
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