farruco

See also: Farruco

Galician

Etymology

From Farruco, a hypocoristic of Francisco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈrukʊ]

Adjective

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. stroppy; insolent; haughty
2. lively

   Synonym: rufo

Noun

farruco m (plural farrucos)

1. (archaic, derogatory) Frenchy; frog

   Synonym: gabacho

   • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:

     tomeiche o camiño de Neira de Rei para dar cos meus fillos, mais acheiche cinco mil farrucos que estaban alí acampados

     I took the road to Neira de Rei to find my sons, by I was met by five thousand Frenchies who were camping there

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “farruco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “farruco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farruco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Adjective

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. (colloquial) stroppy
2. (relational) of Galician or Asturian emigrants

Further reading

• “farruco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10