falcatrúa

Galician

Etymology

From Galician-Portuguese falcatrua, used c. 1285 by the Galician author Airas Nunes. 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.a̝/

Noun

falcatrúa f (plural falcatrúas)

  1. (dated) saddlebag, purse
  2. trickery, fraud

Derived terms

References
  • “falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “falcatrua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “falcatrúa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “falcatrúa” 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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