charrúa

See also: charrua and Charrua

Galician

charrúa

Alternative forms

• charrua (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈrua/ [t͡ʃaˈru.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: cha‧rrú‧a

Etymology 1

From Middle French charrue, from Latin carrūca.

Noun

charrúa f (plural charrúas)

1. (agriculture) carruca

Derived terms

• Charrúa

Related terms

• charruar

Etymology 2

From an older *charrũa (“foolish, silly”), from charro (“silly”) + -úa, feminine of -ún.

Felos from Maceda, whose attire is similar to that historically worn by the charrúas

Noun

charrúa f (plural charrúas)

1. a traditional character of the entroido (carnival) in Allariz

Related terms

• charro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

charrúa

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

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “charru”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “charrúa”, 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), “charrúa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “charrúa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈrua/ [t͡ʃaˈru.a]
• Rhymes: -ua
• Syllabification: cha‧rrú‧a

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Adjective

charrúa m or f (masculine and feminine plural charrúas)

1. (Latin America) Uruguayan

   Synonym: uruguayo

   • 2016 March, “Luis Suárez salva a Uruguay que rescata valioso empate como visitante ante Brasil”, in Emol‎:

     Y el delantero charrúa no defraudó.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

charrúa m or f by sense (plural charrúas)

1. (Latin America) Uruguayan

   Synonym: uruguayo

   • 2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 131:

     "Don't underestimate these Charrúas," Enzo said to me quietly so she wouldn't hear.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “charrúa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014