farruco

From Farruco, a hypocoristic of Francisco.

• IPA^(key): /faˈruko/ [faˈru.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Hyphenation: fa‧rru‧co

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. stroppy; insolent; haughty
2. lively

   Synonym: rufo

farruco m (plural farrucos)

1. (archaic, derogatory) Frenchy; frog

   Synonym: gabacho

   • 1810, José Fernández y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:

     tomeiche o camiño de Neira de Rei para dar cos meus fillos, mais acheiche cinco mil farrucos que estaban alí acampados

     I took the road to Neira de Rei to find my sons, by I was met by five thousand Frenchies who were camping there

• “farruco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “farruco”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “farruco”, 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), “farruco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farruco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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• IPA^(key): /faˈruko/ [faˈru.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: fa‧rru‧co

farruco (feminine farruca, masculine plural farrucos, feminine plural farrucas)

1. (colloquial) stroppy
2. (relational) of Galician or Asturian emigrants

farruco m (plural farrucos, feminine farruca, feminine plural farrucas)

1. a Galician or Asturian emigrant

• “farruco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025