falcatrúa

Galician

Alternative forms

• falcatrua (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese falcatrua (used c. 1285 by the Galician author Airas Nunes), a compound word of obscure origin; the second theme is possibly related to truán (“rogue”), of Celtic origin.

Cognate with Portuguese falcatrua and Asturian falcatrúa, francatrúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fal.kaˈtɾu.ɐ]

Noun

falcatrúa f (plural falcatrúas)

1. (dated) saddlebag, purse
   • 1862, Manuel Magariños, Ferrocarril Compostelano:

     Pro tamén veu de Castela un Seor aló ben rico, que traguía as falcatroas cheas co o ouro bonito

     But it also came from Castille a gentleman who there is quite rich, who brought the saddlebags filled with the beauty gold

2. trickery, fraud
3. wrongdoing

Derived terms

• falcatruada
• falcatruán

References

• Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “falcatrua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “falcatrua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “falcatrua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “falcatroa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “falcatrúa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.