cagatripa
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editModification by folk etymology of Medieval Latin calcitrapa or calcatrippa (“caltrop”). Equivalent to verb-object compound, composed of caga (“to shit”) + tripa (“seeds”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcagatripa f (invariable)
- (dialectal) red starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
- Synonym: obriülls
Further reading
edit- “cagatripa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.