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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from Arabic (*tarrāšah), from Persian.[1] Compare Spanish tarraja.
Pronunciation
Noun
tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)
- wing nut and screw that controls the strength of the brake of a traditional cart
- tool for making the screw thread of nuts; screwplate
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tarraxa”, 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), “tarraxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tarraxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “tarraja”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)
- screw
- Synonym: parafuso
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
tarraxa
- inflection of tarraxar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative