farruco

See also: Farruco

Galician

Etymology

From Farruco, a hypocoristic of Francisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈrukʊ]

Adjective

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. stroppy; insolent; haughty
2. lively

   Synonym: rufo

Noun

farruco m (plural farrucos)

1. (archaic, derogatory) Frenchy; frog

   Synonym: gabacho

   • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:

     tomeiche o camiño de Neira de Rei para dar cos meus fillos, mais acheiche cinco mil farrucos que estaban alí acampados

     I took the road to Neira de Rei to find my sons, by I was met by five thousand Frenchies who were camping there

References

• “farruco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “farruco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “farruco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Adjective

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. (colloquial) stroppy
2. pertaining to Galician or Asturian emigrants

Further reading

• “farruco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014