cárcava

== Galician == === Alternative forms === cárcova, córcova === Etymology === Unknown. Attested in local documents since the 12th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɑɾkɐβɐ] === Noun === cárcava f (plural cárcavas) ditch, moat, trench 1299, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 1217: como se departe ençima pelo lavradio et pello souto de Fondeyxo segundo commo foy a çima a carcava do castro as it departs up by the farm field and by the orchard of chestnut trees of Fondeixo, as it goes up till the moat of the hill-fort Synonym: foxo ditch, canal Synonyms: cal, canle === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carcaua”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “carcava” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cárcava”, 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), “cárcava”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cárcava”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From cárcavo, from cácabo, itself from Latin caccabus (“cooking pot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɾkaba/ [ˈkaɾ.ka.β̞a] Rhymes: -aɾkaba Syllabification: cár‧ca‧va === Noun === cárcava f (plural cárcavas) (geomorphology) gully, ravine ditch Synonyms: zanja, hoya, fosa, barranco === Further reading === “cárcava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025