retranca

Galician

From re- +‎ tranca.

retranca f (plural retrancas)

latch
(horse tack) crupper (strap looped under a horse’s tail)
Synonym: atafal
cart brake
double meaning, double entendre; trick, ruse
- 1886, O Galiciano (79), page 3:
  Foronse a dormir os tres i o galleguiño rascaba a testa, como buscando unha idea, unha retranca; Iba para o seu chaleque dicindo: — ¿Quén é o que gana a un andalús a mentire?
  They three went to sleep, and the Galician was scratching his head, as searching for an idea, a ruse. He was walking telling his vest: "Who's going to defeat an Andalusian at lying?"
- 1901, Heraclio Pérez Placer, Contos da veira do lar:
  que se non vos esqueza que pra un paisano dos de Galicia: nunca hai mal preito que buscando retranca non lle dé xeito
  don't forget that for a Galician peasant «there's never a bad lawsuit you can not make good finding a double meaning»
allegedly, characteristic sense of humour of the Galician people, based on irony, double entendre and a hint of cynicism

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/ [heˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ/ [χeˈtɾɐ̃.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈtɾɐ̃.ka/ [heˈtɾɐ̃.ka]

retranca f (plural retrancas)

retranca

inflection of retrancar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

retranca f (plural retrancas)