Feminine
falcatrúa
Meaning
- (dated, feminine) saddlebag, purse
- (feminine) trickery, fraud
- (feminine) wrongdoing
Pronounced as (IPA)
[fal.kaˈtɾu.ɐ]
Etymology
In summary
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.
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