farruco
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See also: Farruco
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Farruco, a hypocoristic of Francisco.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)
Noun[edit]
farruco m (plural farrucos)
- (archaic, derogatory) Frenchy; frog
- Synonym: gabacho
- 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
- tomeiche o camiño de Neira de Rei para dar cos meus fillos, mais acheiche cinco mil farrucos que estaban alí acampados
- I took the road to Neira de Rei to find my sons, by I was met by five thousand Frenchies who were camping there
References[edit]
- “farruco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “farruco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “farruco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)
- (colloquial) stroppy
- pertaining to Galician or Asturian emigrants
Further reading[edit]
- “farruco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014