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

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

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16