cascuda

Galician

Cascuda

Etymology

13th century. From casca (skin, shell) + -uda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈkuða̝/

Adjective

cascuda f (plural cascudas)

  1. unpeeled; having a shell or husk
    • 1290, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Deputación, page 38:
      tres sesteyros de castanas cascudas secas
      three units of unpeeled dry chestnuts
    • 1417, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 75:
      Iten das ostras cascudas quatro a o dineiro
      Item, oysters with shell, four each coin

Noun

cascuda f (plural cascudas)

  1. cockroach
    Synonyms: carroucha, cascudo

References


Portuguese

Adjective

cascuda

  1. Feminine singular of adjective cascudo.
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