croca

Galician

Alternative forms

• crouca

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Celtic *kroukā (“mound”), and hence a cognate of Old Irish cruach (“pile, heap”) and Icelandic hraukur (“pile, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɾɔkɐ]

Noun

croca f (plural crocas)

1. tailhead
2. sirloin; a cut of meat from the rump of an animal
3. (informal) head
4. dry chestnut

Derived terms

• crocar (“to become bent”)
• escrocar (“to harm the tailhead of an animal”)

References

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

Latin

Noun

croca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of crocum

References

• croca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)