garrocha

== French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: garrochas, garrochât === Verb === garrocha third-person singular past historic of garrocher == Galician == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *garros (“leg”). Compare French garrocher and garrot. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔtʃa Hyphenation: ga‧rro‧cha === Noun === garrocha f (plural garrochas) (in the plural) heather roots used as firewood ==== Related terms ==== === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garrocha”, 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), “garrocha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garrocha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Spanish == === Etymology === From garra (“claw”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaˈrot͡ʃa/ [ɡaˈro.t͡ʃa] Rhymes: -otʃa Syllabification: ga‧rro‧cha === Noun === garrocha f (plural garrochas) pole (used in pole vault) goad alpenstock ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: carucha === Further reading === “garrocha”, 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