garrocha

Pronunciation

• Homophones: garrochas, garrochât

Verb

garrocha

1. third-person singular past historic of garrocher

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *garrā (“leg”).^[1] Confer French garrocher and garrot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrɔt͡ʃa̝/

Noun

garrocha f (plural garrochas)

1. (in the plural) heather roots used as firewood

References

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

Etymology

From garra (“claw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈrot͡ʃa/

Noun

garrocha f (plural garrochas)

1. pole (used in pole vault)
2. goad

Further reading

• “garrocha” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.