carraca

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested, in Galician, since the 14th century. Compare French caraque, Italian caracca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈraka̝/

Noun

carraca f (plural carracas)

1. (historical, navigation) carrack

   Synonym: nao

2. (figured) old useless thing
3. rattle

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carraca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “carraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

A ratchet

Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint.

A lilac-crested roller (bird of the family Coraciidae), Coracias caudata.

A banger

Portuguese carracks

Noun

carraca f (plural carracas)

1. (music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle

   Synonym: matraca

2. ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench

   Synonym: matraca

3. roller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae)
4. (colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)
5. (historical, nautical) carrack

Further reading

• “carraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• “carraca” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.