carraca

carraca

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Attested, in Galician, since the 14th century. Compare French caraque, Italian caracca.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈraka̝/

Noun

carraca f (plural carracas)

1. (historical, navigation) carrack

   Synonym: nao

2. (figured) old useless thing
3. rattle

References

• “carraca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “carraca” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “carraca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “carraca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carraca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “carraca I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Spanish

A ratchet

Socket set with ratchet (above), four hex sockets and a universal joint.

A lilac-crested roller (bird of the family Coraciidae), Coracias caudata.

A banger

Portuguese carracks

Noun

carraca f (plural carracas)

1. (music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle

   Synonym: matraca

2. ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench

   Synonym: matraca

3. roller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae)
4. (colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle)
5. (historical, nautical) carrack

Further reading

• “carraca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “carraca” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.