gralha

Meaning

1. (feminine) chough (bird of the subfamily Pyrrhocoracinae)
2. (feminine) Any of a number of more distantly related but superficially similar corvids, such as crows, rooks, jackdaws and certain species of jays.
3. (colloquial, feminine) chatterbox
4. (feminine) typo, error

Concepts

jay

crow

rook

jackdaw

magpie

chough

jaybird

misprint

mistype

daw

typo

Corvus frugilegus

Synonyms

gaio

pega

jota

pega-rabuda

erro de máquina

gralha-calva

erro de impressão

Gralha calva

Translations

urraca

κίσσα

καρακάξα

gaig

geai

gazza

ghiandaia

pie

arrendajo

corneille

garsa

geai des chênes

kraai

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɾa.ʎɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: grāculus

Cognate with Spanish: grajo

Cognate with Catalan: gralla

Cognate with Italian: gracchia

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese gralla, from a Vulgar Latin root *gracla, syncopated form of Late Latin grācula, from Latin grāculus, from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare Spanish grajo, graja, Catalan gralla, Italian gracchia.