cónchega

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cuncha +‎ -ega.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈkont͡ʃeɡa/ [ˈkonʲ.t͡ʃe.ɣ̞ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈkont͡ʃeħa/ [ˈkonʲ.t͡ʃe.ħɐ]

 
  • Rhymes: -ontʃeɡa
  • Rhymes: -ontʃeħa

  • Hyphenation: cón‧che‧ga

Noun

cónchega f (plural cónchegas) (zoology)

  1. shell
    • 1888, Fuliada 6, page 1 (journal):
      A unión e a mutu'axuda fai a forza; pro a unión e a axuda entre os gallegos é imposibre, porque cada un vive com'as lapas drento da própea cónchega, figurandoselle que pra nada ten que parar mentes na sorte do viciño, sendo así qu'o mecanismo social ten tal trabazón qu'o dano e desperfeuto da máis pequena das súas rodas ocasiona a roína e perda de tod'a máquena
      Union and mutual help make force; but union and help among Galicians is impossible, because each one of us lives as the limpets inside its own shell, figuring we shouldn't worry about the neighbour's fate at all; as such, the social mechanism is so stuck that the damage and flaw of the smallest of its gears causes the ruin and loss of the whole machine
    Synonym: cuncha
  2. carapace
    Synonym: carapaça

References

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