falcatrua

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

falcatrua f (plural falcatruas)

  1. trickery, fraud, fiddle

Descendants

  • Galician: falcatrúa
  • Portuguese: falcatrua

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uɐ
  • Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧tru‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese falcatrua, of unknown origin. Cognate with Galician falcatrúa.

Noun

falcatrua f (plural falcatruas)

  1. trickery, fraud, fiddle
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

falcatrua

  1. inflection of falcatruar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative