carranca

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Galician[edit]

A dog wearing a carranca

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Related to Spanish carlanca, both perhaps from Late Latin carcannum (collar).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

carranca f (plural carrancas)

  1. wolf collar for dogs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “carlanca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cara (face).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: car‧ran‧ca

Noun[edit]

carranca f (plural carrancas)

  1. scowl (facial expression of displeasure)
  2. (nautical) figurehead

Derived terms[edit]