arrocho

Perhaps from garrocha.^[1] Compare French garrocher and garrot.

• IPA^(key): /aˈrot͡ʃo̝/

arrocho f (plural arrochos)

1. garrot; a stick or piece of wood at the extreme of a rope used for securing a load

   Synonym: targa

2. bread crust

   Synonym: rocho

• arrocheiro
• rocho

• garrocha

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arrocho”, 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), “arrocho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arrocho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

arrocho

1. first-person singular present indicative of arrochar

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arrocho m (plural arrochos)

1. cudgel

   Synonym: cacete

2. garrot

• arrochar

• “arrocho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “arrocho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025