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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “croca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “croca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “croca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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)