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Etymology
Borrowed from Old French quincaille, of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
quincalla f (plural quincalles)
- trinkets, low-value metalware
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Bufava el vent i em va arribar un soroll de quincalla.- The wind blew and I heard the sound of metalware.
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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 19th century. Ultimately from French quincaille, from clincaille, onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
quincalla f (plural quincallas)
- (collective) low-value hardware
- (collective, figurative) junk
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quincalla”, 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), “quincalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quincalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “quincalla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kinˈkaʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kinˈkaʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kinˈkaʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kinˈkaʒa/
- Syllabification: quin‧ca‧lla
Noun
quincalla f (plural quincallas)
- low-value metalware
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