tarraxa

• terraxa

Unknown. Probably from Arabic [script needed] (*tarrāšah), from Persian.^[1] Compare Spanish tarraja.

• IPA^(key): [taˈraʃɐ]

tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)

1. wing nut and screw that controls the strength of the brake of a traditional cart
2. tool for making the screw thread of nuts; screwplate

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

Unknown. Cognate with Galician tarraxa and Spanish tarraja.

• tarracha (misspelling)
• tarraxo

• Rhymes: -aʃɐ

tarraxa f (plural tarraxas)

1. screw

   Synonym: parafuso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tarraxa

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

• “tarraxa”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tarraxa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025