quincalla

Borrowed from Old French quincaille, of onomatopoeic origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kiŋˈka.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kiŋˈka.ʎa]

quincalla f (plural quincalles)

1. trinkets, low-value metalware
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Bufava el vent i em va arribar un soroll de quincalla.

     The wind blew and I heard the sound of metalware.

• quincaller

• “quincalla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• quincalha (reintegrationist)
• quingalla

Attested since the 19th century. Ultimately from French quincaille, from clincaille, onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): [kiŋˈkɑʎɐ]

quincalla f (plural quincallas)

1. (collective) low-value hardware
2. (collective, figurative) junk

• quincalleiro

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quincalla”, 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), “quincalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quincalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “quincalla”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• Syllabification: quin‧ca‧lla

quincalla f (plural quincallas)

1. low-value metalware

• “quincalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024