crequenas

== Galician == === Alternative forms === querquenas === Etymology === Attested since circa 1750. Unknown. Probably related to Portuguese encrencar and Spanish enclenque, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep, crawl”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kɾeˈkenɐs] === Noun === crequenas m or f by sense (invariable) a small and weak, hunched or bow-legged person ==== Related terms ==== en crequenas encrequenar escrequenar === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “crequenas”, 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), “crequenas”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “crequenas”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN