carrasco

== Galician == === Etymology === From Paleo-Hispanic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈrasko/ [kɑˈras̺.kʊ] Rhymes: -asko Hyphenation: ca‧rras‧co === Noun === carrasco m (plural carrascos) kermes oak (Quercus coccifera, a tree of the western Mediterranean) ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === Carballo carrasco on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carrasco”, 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), “carrasco”, 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), “carrasco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carrasco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -aʃku, (most of Brazil) -asku, (Southern Brazil) -asko Hyphenation: carrasco === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Perhaps from Paleo-Hispanic root, or perhaps from Latin cerrus (“Turkey oak”) + -asco. ==== Noun ==== carrasco m (plural carrascos) holm oak (Quercus ilex, a tree of the Mediterranean) Synonyms: carrasca, azinheira kermes oak (Quercus coccifera, a tree of the western Mediterranean) Synonym: pinheiro-carrasco ===== Related terms ===== carrascal carrascoso === Etymology 2 === Named after Portuguese executioner Belchior Nunes Carrasco. ==== Noun ==== carrasco m (plural carrascos) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment) Synonyms: executor, algoz, verdugo, castigador (figurative) a very cruel person === Further reading === “carrasco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carrasco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈrasko/ [kaˈras.ko] Rhymes: -asko Syllabification: ca‧rras‧co === Noun === carrasco m (plural carrascos) Aleppo pine Synonym: pino carrasco (Bolivia, Ecuador) A broad region of woody scrubland alternative form of carrasca ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “carrasco”, 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