caroca

See also: caroça

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language and affixed with -oca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈrɔkɐ]

Noun

caroca f (plural carocas)

1. hollow tree trunk
2. fraud, lie
   • 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:

     ¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.

     «Stop, stop! You are a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are blatant lies that God condemns. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caroca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caroca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caroca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN