falcatrúa
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese falcatrua (used c. 1285 by the Galician author Airas Nunes), a compound word of obscure origin; the second theme is possibly related to truán (“rogue”), of Celtic origin.
Cognate with Portuguese falcatrua and Asturian falcatrúa, francatrúa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fal.kaˈtɾu.ɐ]
Noun
falcatrúa f (plural falcatrúas)
- (dated) saddlebag, purse
- 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:
- Pro tamén veu de Castela un Seor aló ben rico, que traguía as falcatroas cheas co o ouro bonito
- But it also came from Castille a gentleman who there is quite rich, who brought the saddlebags filled with the beauty gold
- trickery, fraud
- wrongdoing
Derived terms
- falcatruada
- falcatruán
References
- “falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “falcatrua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “falcatroa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “falcatrúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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