carocha

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Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a substrate language.[1] Compare carolo.

Pronunciation

Noun

carocha f (plural carochas)

  1. corn husk or shuck
    Synonyms: follato, poma
  2. a fragment of bread crust
    Synonym: codia
  3. scab
    Synonym: lastra
  4. top, head

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “caroncho, coroza, cresa, cucaracha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Carrocha (sense 3)

Etymology

Unknown. For sense 3, compare coroça and Spanish coroza.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧cha

Noun

carocha f (plural carochas)

  1. 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.
  2. (Portugal) cockroach (type of insect)
    Synonym: barata
  3. (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  
  4. (by extension) witch

Noun

carocha m (plural carochas)

  1. Beetle (a line of Volkswagen cars)

Adjective

carocha

  1. feminine singular of carocho (“dark”)

See also

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