marxa

See also: marxà

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmar.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmaɾ.t͡ʃa]

Etymology 1

Noun

marxa f (plural marxes)

1. walk (act of walking)
   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     va continuar amb la marxa cap a la capital.

     he will continue with the walk to the capital

Derived terms

• sobre la marxa

Etymology 2

Verb

marxa

1. inflection of marxar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “marxa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “marxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “marxa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką (“mark”), perhaps through Old French marcher ("to walk < *to mark with the feet").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾʃa̝/

Noun

marxa f (plural marxas)

1. freckle

   Synonym: penca

Derived terms

• marxada de troita
• marxado
• pega marxa

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese margẽe, from Latin marginem, accusative of margō (“edge, brink, border, margin”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-. Alternatively, from or blended with a cognate of Spanish marjal, from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾʃa̝/

Noun

marxa f (plural marxas)

1. (archaic) unit of measure (surface)
   • 1436, Manuel Lucas Alvarez & M. José Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). (Edición diplomática). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 377:

     Item ençima cabo do monte onde chaman, os Partidoyros, huna leyra de seys margêês de millo.

     Item, up near the wilderness called Os Partidoiros, a field measuring six margêês of millet

   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 163:

     Jtem máis, sete margas de herdade ẽna agra d'Estalle

     Item, seven marjas of property in the field of Estalle

2. a small patch of farmland

Derived terms

• marxeiro
• marxio
• marxo

Related terms

• marxe

References

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