carraca

== Galician == === Etymology === Unknown. Attested, in Galician, since the 14th century. Compare French caraque, Italian caracca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈraka/ [kɑˈrɑ.kɐ] Rhymes: -aka Hyphenation: ca‧rra‧ca === Noun === carraca f (plural carracas) (historical, navigation) carrack Synonym: nao (figured) old useless thing rattle === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carraca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carraca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carraca”, 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), “carraca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carraca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “carraca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “carraca”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈraka/ [kaˈra.ka] Rhymes: -aka Syllabification: ca‧rra‧ca === Noun === carraca f (plural carracas) (music) ratchet, rattle, football rattle Synonym: matraca ratchet, ratchet wrench, socket wrench Synonym: matraca roller (any of the birds in the family Coraciidae) (colloquial) (UK) banger, (US) beater, bucket, hooptie, jalopy, shitbox, crock (old vehicle) (historical, nautical) carrack === Further reading === “carraca”, 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 “carraca” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.