tarota
/təˈɾɔ.tə/
CA
A traditional Catalan trick-taking card game played with a 78-card deck, or the deck used for this game
Els amics es van reunir per jugar a la tarota aquest cap de setmana.
Friends got together to play tarota this weekend.
Etymology
Derived from Italian 'tarocchi', which likely originates from Arabic 'taraha' meaning 'to reject', referring to the act of discarding cards in the game. It entered Catalan by the 18th century.
Memory Aid
Think of 'tarota' as the Catalan version of the more familiar word 'tarot', sharing the same root but referring to a specific regional card game.
Collocations
jugar a la tarotabaralla de tarotapartida de tarota
Synonyms
tarot català
Related Words
barallajoc de cartestarotbriscatruc