carocha

Galician

Alternative forms

• carrocha, caroucha, crocha

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from a substrate language. Compare carolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈɾɔ.t͡ʃɐ]

Noun

carocha f (plural carochas)

1. corn husk or shuck

   Synonyms: follato, poma

2. a fragment of bread crust

   Synonym: codia

3. scab

   Synonym: lastra

4. top, head

Derived terms

• escarochar

Related terms

• carozo
• carocho

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carocha”, 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), “carocha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carocha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Carrocha (sense 3)

Etymology

Unknown. For sense 3, compare coroça and Spanish coroza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾɔ.ʃɐ/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾɔ.ʃɐ/

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

• Hyphenation: ca‧ro‧cha

Noun

carocha f (plural carochas)

1. any of various beetle-like insects
   • 2024 January 18, Raimundo Sales, Manairama - Maldição e Vida‎^[1], Scortecci, →ISBN:

     Deu também, nesse mesmo ano, uma peste de carocha preta como nunca se vira.

     That same year, there was also an outbreak of black beetles like never seen before.

2. (Portugal) cockroach (type of insect)

   Synonym: barata

3. (historical) a kind of dunce cap used during the Spanish Inquisition

   Synonym: coroça

   • 1879, Manoel Bernardes Branco, Portugal e os Estrangeiros‎^[2], page 397:

     […] Que bem que ficava uma carocha a este herege!

     […] a dunce cap would look great on this heretic!

   • 1866, Charles Dellon, Narração da Inquisição de Goa, vertida em port., e accrescentada com notas, por M.V. d'Abreu‎^[3], page 226:

     Como elle estava condemnado a fogueira, estava ella já prompta; o réo trazia uma carocha e uma samarra pintada de demonios e tições accesos  […]

     As he was condemned to the stake, it was already prepared; the accused wore a dunce cap and a cloak painted with demons and burning embers  […]

4. (by extension) witch

Noun

carocha m (plural carochas)

1. Beetle (a line of Volkswagen cars)

Adjective

carocha

1. feminine singular of carocho (“dark”)

See also

• história da carochinha

Further reading

• “carocha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “carocha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “carocha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024