carranca

Galician

A dog wearing a carranca

Etymology

Unknown. Related to Spanish carlanca, both perhaps from Late Latin carcannum (“collar”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈraŋka̝/

Noun

carranca f (plural carrancas)

wolf collar for dogs

References

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From cara (“face”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɐ̃.kɐ/ [kaˈhɐ̃.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɐ̃.kɐ/ [kaˈχɐ̃.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʁɐ̃.ka/ [kaˈhɐ̃.ka]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈʁɐ̃.kɐ/

Hyphenation: car‧ran‧ca

Noun

carranca f (plural carrancas)

scowl (facial expression of displeasure)
(nautical) figurehead

Derived terms

carrancudo

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