chacina

Galician

Chacina ("jerky")

Alternative forms

• chaciña

Etymology

15th century. Probably from Vulgar Latin *siccina (“dry (meat)”), from Latin siccus (“dry”). Cognate with Spanish cecina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈθina̝/, (western) /t͡ʃaˈsina̝/

Noun

chacina f (plural chacinas)

1. jerky; cured meat

Adjective

chacina m or f (plural chacinas)

1. (archaic) dry, cured
   • 1459, Anselmo López Carreira (ed.), Fragmentos de notarios (Séculos XIV-XV), doc. D40a:

     Tres tiras de vaca chaçina, huna mesa de pees et outro banco en que seen duas çestas de masa et mays outro çesto de masa.

     Three shreds of cured cow, a table with its feet and another bench where there are two baskets with dough and another basket with dough

References

• “chacina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “chacina” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chacina” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈsi.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈsi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈsi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɐˈsi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: cha‧ci‧na

Etymology 1

Unknown. Maybe from Vulgar Latin *siccina (“dry meat”), from Latin siccus (“dry”).

Noun

chacina f (plural chacinas)

1. slaughter; massacre (the killing of a large number of people)

   Synonyms: massacre, matança, morticínio

2. slaughter (the killing of livestock for food or products)

   Synonym: abate

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chacina

1. inflection of chacinar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative