reloucar

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From re- +‎ louco (“foolish, mad”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [relowˈkɑɾ]

Verb

reloucar (first-person singular present relouco, first-person singular preterite relouquei, past participle reloucado)

to despair; to go crazy
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
  Se d'esta non dòu de costas
  vos ofrezo dir alà
  (pois còas dores relouco)
  por si remedio me dàs.
  if I don't die this time
  I offer myself to go there
  (because I despair with these pains)
  in case you give me a remedy
Synonym: desesperar
to covet
Synonyms: bremar, devecer
to overjoy

Conjugation

Note: relouc- are changed to relouqu- before front vowels (e).

Conjugation of reloucar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	reloucar
personal	reloucar	reloucares	reloucar	reloucarmos	reloucardes	reloucaren
Gerund
	reloucando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	reloucado			reloucados
feminine	reloucada			reloucadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	relouco	reloucas	relouca	reloucamos	reloucades	reloucan
imperfect	reloucaba	reloucabas	reloucaba	reloucabamos	reloucabades	reloucaban
preterite	relouquei	reloucaches	reloucou	reloucamos	reloucastes	reloucaron
pluperfect	reloucara	reloucaras	reloucara	reloucaramos	reloucarades	reloucaran
future	reloucarei	reloucarás	reloucará	reloucaremos	reloucaredes	reloucarán
conditional	reloucaría	reloucarías	reloucaría	reloucariamos	reloucariades	reloucarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	relouque	relouques	relouque	relouquemos	relouquedes	relouquen
preterite	reloucase	reloucases	reloucase	reloucásemos	reloucásedes	reloucasen
future	reloucar	reloucares	reloucar	reloucarmos	reloucardes	reloucaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	relouca	relouque	relouquemos	reloucade	relouquen
negative	–	relouques	relouque	relouquemos	relouquedes	relouquen

Derived terms

relouco

Related terms

louco

References

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

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