reloucar

Attested since circa 1750. From re- +‎ louco (“foolish, mad”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [relowˈkɑɾ]

reloucar (first-person singular present relouco, first-person singular preterite relouquei, past participle reloucado)

1. to despair; to go crazy

   Synonym: desesperar

   • 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:

     Se d'esta non dòu de costas
     vos ofrezo dir alà
     (pois còas dores relouco)
     por si remedio me dàs.

     if I don't die this time
     I offer myself to go there
     (because I despair with these pains)
     in case you give me a remedy

2. to covet

   Synonyms: bremar, devecer

3. to overjoy

• relouco

• louco

• “reloucar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “reloucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “reloucar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “reloucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “reloucar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.