forcado

Ultimately from Latin furca.

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈkaðo̝/

forcado m (plural forcados)

1. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forca, forcada, forcanza, galla, gallada

forcado (feminine forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

1. forked, bifurcated

   Synonym: gallado

• Forcadas

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forcad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forcado”, 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), “forcado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forcado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From forca +‎ -ado.

• Hyphenation: for‧ca‧do

forcado m (plural forcados)

1. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forquilha, garfo

2. (bullfighting) man that in Portuguese bullfighting faces the bull hand-to-hand
   • Fernando Tordo (lyrics and music) (1973) “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “Entram vacas depois dos forcados / Que não pegam nada ― Enter cows after the forcados / That don't grab anything”

forcado (feminine forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

1. past participle of forcar