forcado

See also: forçado

Galician
Mount A Curota or Os Forcados

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin furca.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /foɾˈkaðo̝/

Noun

forcado m (plural forcados)

  1. pitchfork (farm tool)
    Synonyms: forca, forcada, forcanza, galla, gallada

Adjective

forcado m (feminine singular forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

  1. forked, bifurcated
    Synonym: gallado

Derived terms
  • Forcadas

References
  • “forcad” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “forcado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “forcado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “forcado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From forca +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: for‧ca‧do

Noun

forcado m (plural forcados)

  1. pitchfork (farm tool)
    Synonyms: forquilha, garfo
  2. (bullfighting) man that in Portuguese bullfighting faces the bull hand-to-hand
    • Fernando Tordo (lyrics and music) (1973), “Tourada” (in Portuguese): “Entram vacas depois dos forcados / Que não pegam nada [Enter cows after the forcados / That don't grab anything]”

Participle

forcado (feminine forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

  1. past participle of forcar
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