forcado

See also: forçado

Galician

Mount A Curota or Os Forcados

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin furca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈkaðo̝/

Noun

forcado m (plural forcados)

1. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forca, forcada, forcanza, galla, gallada

Adjective

forcado (feminine forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

1. forked, bifurcated

   Synonym: gallado

Derived terms

• Forcadas

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forcad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• “forcado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “forcado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “forcado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From forca +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈka.du/ [fohˈka.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈka.du/ [fohˈka.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈka.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈka.du/ [foχˈka.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈka.du/ [fuɾˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: for‧ca‧do

Noun

forcado m (plural forcados)

1. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forquilha, garfo

2. (bullfighting) man that in Portuguese bullfighting faces the bull hand-to-hand
   • Fernando Tordo (lyrics and music) (1973) “Tourada”, (in Portuguese): “Entram vacas depois dos forcados / Que não pegam nada ― Enter cows after the forcados / That don't grab anything”

Participle

forcado (feminine forcada, masculine plural forcados, feminine plural forcadas)

1. past participle of forcar