carracho

Galician

Carracha

Etymology

Unknown. Probably from a substrate language. Related to Portuguese carrapato and Spanish garrapata.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈrat͡ʃo̝/

Noun

carracho m (plural carrachos)

  1. tick
    Synonyms: carracha, carrapata, carrapato, carraza

Derived terms

References

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