tarraxa

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Galician[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

terraxa

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Probably from Arabic [script needed] (*tarrāšah), from Persian.^[1] Compare Spanish tarraja.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [taˈraʃɐ]

Noun[edit]

tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)

wing nut and screw that controls the strength of the brake of a traditional cart
tool for making the screw thread of nuts; screwplate

References[edit]

“tarraxa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“tarraxa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“tarraxa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

^ Corriente, Federico (2008) “tarraja”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown.

Alternative forms[edit]

tarraxo

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [taˈha.ʃɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /taˈʁa.ʃɐ/ [taˈχa.ʃɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈʁa.ʃa/ [taˈha.ʃa]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈʁa.ʃɐ/

Noun[edit]

tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)

screw
Synonym: parafuso

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

tarraxa

inflection of tarraxar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

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