crecho

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Latin crispulus, diminutive of crispus.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɾet͡ʃʊ]

Adjective

crecho (feminine crecha, masculine plural crechos, feminine plural crechas)

  1. curly, crimped
    Synonyms: crespo, recrecho
    Antonym: laso
  2. stiff
    Synonym: teso

Derived terms

Noun

crecho m (plural crechos, feminine crecha, feminine plural crechas)

  1. curly

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “crencha”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos