Meaning of falcatrúa | Babel Free

Definitions

1. saddlebag, purse
   dated, feminine
2. trickery, fraud
   feminine
3. wrongdoing
   feminine
4. Equivalent to 'Misdeed': That which was done that should not have been, ranging from any sin or moral offense to various degrees of crime.

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Examples

“Pro tamén veu de Castela un Seor aló ben rico, que traguía as falcatroas cheas co o ouro bonito”

But it also came from Castille a gentleman who there is quite rich, who brought the saddlebags filled with the beauty gold

“Antes de rubir ó puleiro, non fan máis que cacarexar qu'han facer i acontecer, pro non se ve outra cousa dempois máis qu'os benfeitos que reciben tódo-los que teñen a sorte de ll'axudar nas falcatrúas, pr'amocar ós que non son do pau, e nas trécolas pra conquerir sona co cacique maor, que dende Madril diuta disposiciós d'intrés particolar prós seus nagocios.”

(the councillors) before climbing onto the perch do nothing but cackle about what they'll do and what will be, but then you don't see anything other than the benefits received by all who have the fortune to help them in their frauds, to club those that don't belong to the same suit, and the tricks to gain fame with the great cacique, who from Madrid dictates dispositions of particular interest for his own business.

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