Galician edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese volcar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *volvicāre, from Latin volvō (to roll). Compare Spanish volcar, Catalan bolcar.

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Verb edit

vorcar (first-person singular present vorco, first-person singular preterite vorquei, past participle vorcado)

  1. (transitive) to upset, knock over, tip over, dump (to cause to flip over, from uppermost to bottom)
    Synonyms: envorcar, abocar
  2. (intransitive or takes a reflexive pronoun) to overturn, tip over, capsize (to flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom)
    Synonyms: envorcar, abocar

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References edit

  • volcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • volca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • vorcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • vorcar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.