garrocha

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: garrochas, garrochât

Verb

garrocha

1. third-person singular past historic of garrocher

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *garrā (“leg”). Compare French garrocher and garrot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrɔt͡ʃa̝/

Noun

garrocha f (plural garrochas)

1. (in the plural) heather roots used as firewood

Derived terms

• arrocheiro
• arrocho
• rocho

References

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

Spanish

garrocha

Etymology

From garra (“claw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrot͡ʃa/ [ɡaˈro.t͡ʃa]
• Rhymes: -otʃa
• Syllabification: ga‧rro‧cha

Noun

garrocha f (plural garrochas)

1. pole (used in pole vault)
2. goad

Derived terms

• garrochar
• garrochazo

 

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: carucha

Further reading

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