raxo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin radius (“ray, rod, spoke”). Doublet of raio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈraʃo̝/

Noun

raxo m (plural raxos)

  1. (cooking) pork loin or fillet
    Hoxe temos raxo con patacas.
    Today we have pork loin with French fries / chips.
  2. tentacle
  3. (dated) lightning
    Mal raxo te parta!
    (I wish that) a bad lightning will cleave you!
  4. a soil layer of different color and composition that the ground

Derived terms
  • raxaría

References
  • “raxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “raxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “raxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “raxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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