crica
Galician
editEtymology
editUnknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic, from *klik;[1] otherwise, maybe from Proto-Celtic *krīkʷā (“furrow, trench, comb”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcrica f (plural cricas)
- (anatomy) nose
- Synonym: nariz
- (anatomy, informal) vulva
- (mollusc) a clam (rayed trough shell, Mactra corallina, syn. Mactra stultorum)
- Synonym: ameixa
Derived terms
edit- choracricas
- criqueiro
- lambecricas
- rapacricas (“common starfish”, literally “vulva-scrapper”)
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crica”, 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), “crica”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crica”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “crica”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: cri‧ca
Adjective
editcrica m or f (plural cricas)
- captious, nitpicky
- Synonyms: implicante, cricri
Noun
editcrica f (plural cricas)
- dry skin of a peach
- (informal, vulgar) vagina (woman's genitalia)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcrica f (plural cricas)
- (Puerto Rico, informal, vulgar) vagina (woman's genitalia)
Further reading
edit- “crica”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Galician terms with unknown etymologies
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