tacoar

• atacoar

13th century. From an older *taconar, from tacón (“heel; patch”); compare Venetan taconar.

• IPA^(key): /takoˈaɾ/

tacoar (first-person singular present tacoo, first-person singular preterite tacoei, past participle tacoado)

1. (transitive) to patch up
2. (transitive, archaic) to reinforce with tacks
   • 1299, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1223:

     et me dedes cada ano huus panos de lino et huus çapatos, et solardesmos et tacoardesmos

     and you shall give to me, each year, some linen clothes and a pair of shoes, and you should sole them and tack them

   • 1438, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 126:

     o par de çapatos de vaca nobos et sobre solados et tacoados e ben coseytos e de boas solas e peças e boa liña e boo coiro

     the pair of new cow shoes, with over sole, tacked, well sewn, with good soles and pieces and good thread and good leather

3. (transitive) to pack

• taco
• tacón

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “taco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atacoar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tacoar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tacoar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tacoar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tacoar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN