carraxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• carragem (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably from Old French correcier (“to infuriate, enrage”), from Late Latin *corruptiare; cognate with French courroux (“wrath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈraʃe/ [kɑˈra̠.ʃɪ]
• Rhymes: -aʃe
• Hyphenation: ca‧rra‧xe

Noun

carraxe f (plural carraxes)

1. spite; rage, anger, fury

   Synonyms: cabuxo, oura, asaño, rebinxe, refusía

   • 1820, anonymous author, edited by Ramón Mariño Paz, Segunda Tertulia na Quintana:

     Cala, home, que me dá carraxe oír esas levantaduras de falsos testimonios

     Shut up, man, because it angers me to hear those false testimonies

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carraxe”, 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), “carraxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carraxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “carraxe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024