carraxe

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Old French correcier (to infuriate, enrage), from Late Latin *corruptiare; cognate with French courroux (wrath).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɑˈraʃɪ]

Noun

carraxe f (plural carraxes)

  1. spite; rage, anger, fury
    Synonyms: cabuxo, oura, asaño, rebinxe, refusía
    • 1820, anonymous author, edited by Ramón Mariño Paz, Segunda Tertulia na Quintana:
      Cala, home, que me dá carraxe oír esas levantaduras de falsos testimonios
      Shut up, man, because it angers me to hear those false testimonies

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