reloucar
Galician
editEtymology
editAttested since circa 1750. From re- + louco (“foolish, mad”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editreloucar (first-person singular present relouco, first-person singular preterite relouquei, past participle reloucado)
- to despair; to go crazy
- Synonym: desesperar
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- Se d'esta non dòu de costas
vos ofrezo dir alà
(pois còas dores relouco)
por si remedio me dàs.- if I don't die this time
I offer myself to go there
(because I despair with these pains)
in case you give me a remedy
- if I don't die this time
- to covet
- to overjoy
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of reloucar (c-qu alternation)
Reintegrated conjugation of reloucar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reloucar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “reloucar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reloucar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “reloucar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reloucar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN