carraca
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Attested, in Galician, since the 14th century. Compare French caraque, Italian caracca.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈraka/ [kɑˈrɑ.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: ca‧rra‧ca
Noun
carraca f (plural carracas)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carraca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carraca”, 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), “carraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “carraca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “carraca” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “carraca I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
A ratchet
Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint.
A lilac-crested roller (bird of the family Coraciidae), Coracias caudata.
A banger
Portuguese carracks
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈraka/ [kaˈra.ka]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Syllabification: ca‧rra‧ca
Noun
carraca f (plural carracas)
- (music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle
- Synonym: matraca
- ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench
- Synonym: matraca
- roller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae)
- (colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)
- (historical, nautical) carrack
Further reading
- “carraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “carraca” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.