encrechar

From en- +‎ crecho (“curly; stiff”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [eŋkɾeˈt͡ʃaɾ]

encrechar (first-person singular present encrecho, first-person singular preterite encrechei, past participle encrechado)

1. to bristle

   Synonyms: erizar, recachar

   • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia, page 5:

     porque se me encrechan os pelos da cabeza sólo en pensar nas cousas que fixeron

     because my head's hairs bristle just thinking about the things they did

2. to curl

• “encrechar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “encrechar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “encrechar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “encrechar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “encrechar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.