frecha

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese frecha, borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾɛt͡ʃɐ]

Noun

frecha f (plural frechas)

1. arrow (weapon)
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 146:

     Et nõ avia y nẽgũ que trouxese escudo nẽ adaraga nẽ lança mays tragiã todos frechas et seetas de moytas maneyras.

     And there were there no one who brought shields, leather shields or spears; but all of them brought arrows and darts in many ways

   Synonym: seta

2. arrow (sign)

Related terms

• frechazo
• Frechazo Derradeiro
• Frechazo Primeiro

Etymology 2

Either from frecha (“arrow”), or ultimately a derivation of Latin frangō (“I break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɾet͡ʃɐ]

Noun

frecha f (plural frechas)

1. fissure; cleft
2. (figurative, vulgar) vulva

References

• “frecha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “frecha” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “frecha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “frecha” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “frecha” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.ʃɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.ʃɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.ʃa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.ʃɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.ʃɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛ.t͡ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: fre‧cha

Noun

frecha f (plural frechas)

1. (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of flecha