cagatripa

Catalan

Alternative forms

• cagatrepa

Etymology

Modification by folk etymology of Medieval Latin calcitrapa or calcatrippa (“caltrop”). Equivalent to verb-object compound, composed of caga (“to shit”) +‎ tripa (“seeds”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌka.ɣəˈtɾi.pə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌka.ɣaˈtɾi.pa]

Noun

cagatripa f (invariable)

1. (dialectal) red starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)

   Synonym: obriülls

Further reading

• “cagatripa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.