charrúa

See also: charrua and Charrua

Galician

charrúa

Alternative forms

• charrua (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈrua/ [t͡ʃaˈru.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: cha‧rrú‧a

Etymology 1

From Middle French charrue, from Latin carrūca.

Noun

charrúa f (plural charrúas)

1. (agriculture) carruca

Derived terms

• Charrúa

Related terms

• charruar

Etymology 2

From an older *charrũa (“foolish, silly”), from charro (“silly”) + -úa, feminine of -ún.

Felos from Maceda, whose attire is similar to that historically worn by the charrúas

Noun

charrúa f (plural charrúas)

1. a traditional character of the entroido (carnival) in Allariz

Related terms

• charro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

charrúa

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

References

• “charru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “charrúa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “charrúa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “charrúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “does it come from how a now extinct indigenous people that used to live there was known”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈrua/ [t͡ʃaˈru.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: cha‧rrú‧a

Adjective

charrúa m or f (masculine and feminine plural charrúas)

1. (Latin America) Uruguayan

   Synonym: uruguayo

   • 2016 March, “Luis Suárez salva a Uruguay que rescata valioso empate como visitante ante Brasil”, in Emol‎^[1]:

     Y el delantero charrúa no defraudó.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

charrúa m or f by sense (plural charrúas)

1. (Latin America) Uruguayan

   Synonym: uruguayo

   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:

     "Don't underestimate these Charrúas," Enzo said to me quietly so she wouldn't hear.

Further reading

• “charrúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014