reloucar

Attested since circa 1750. From re- +‎ louco (“foolish, mad”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key):

reloucar (first-person singular present relouco, first-person singular preterite relouquei, past participle reloucado)

1. to despair; to go crazy

   Synonym: desesperar

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Se d'esta non dòu de costas
     vos ofrezo dir alà
     (pois còas dores relouco)
     por si remedio me dàs.

     if I don't die this time
     I offer myself to go there
     (because I despair with these pains)
     in case you give me a remedy

2. to covet

   Synonyms: bremar, devecer

3. to overjoy

• relouco

• louco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reloucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “reloucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reloucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “reloucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reloucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN