arrencapins
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of arrenca (“to rip out”) + pins (“pines”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [əˌrɛŋ.kəˈpins]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˌrəŋ.kəˈpins]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˌreŋ.kaˈpins]
Noun edit
arrencapins m (invariable)
- a stout, strong man
- 1993, Pep Coll, Muntanyes maleïdes:
- Aviat li va sortir un pretendent: un hereu de Baiasca, forçut com un arrencapins.
- Soon a suitor came out to her: an heir of Baiasca, brawny as Bluto.
Further reading edit
- “arrencapins” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.