caroca

See also: caroça

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language and affixed with -oca.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kaˈrɔkɐ]

Noun

caroca f (plural carocas)

hollow tree trunk
fraud, lie
- 1922, Armando Cotarelo Valledor, Trebón:
  ¡Basta, basta! Vosté é sorteira, tía Suíña. Ben sabe que esas meiguerías son carocas que Dios condena. Peca quen as usa, e peca moito máis quen as espende.
  «Stop, stop! You are a sorceress, aunt Suíña. You know well that those witcheries are blatant lies that God condemns. Whoever uses them sins, and sins even more whoever deals them.»

References

“caroca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“caroca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“caroca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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