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burro

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

burro (plural burros)

  1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

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Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

  1. stupid, dumb

Noun edit

burro m (plural burros)

  1. donkey
    Synonym: ase
  2. bedwarmer
    Synonym: escalfallits
  3. (games) donkey

Further reading edit

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun edit

burro

  1. donkey.

Franco-Provençal edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Franco-Provençal buyro,[1] from Latin būtȳrum.

Noun edit

burro m

  1. butter

References edit

  • beurre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “butyrum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 663

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, ass
    Synonym: asno
  2. fool; silly
    Synonyms: pastrán, parvo
  3. (machine) crane
    Synonym: guindastre
  4. trestle
    Synonym: trabanco
  5. (regional) horse
    Synonyms: besta, cabalo
  6. (games) a card game

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Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

burro m (plural burri)

  1. butter

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • burro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin edit

Adjective edit

būrrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Morelos Nahuatl edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun edit

burro

  1. donkey

References edit

  • Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

Portuguese edit

 
Burro

Etymology edit

Back-formation from burrico (“small donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -uʁu
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ro

Noun edit

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey
    Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico
  2. a card game
  3. (derogatory) idiot, dunce
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

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Related terms edit

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Noun edit

burro m (plural burros)

  1. sawhorse
  2. (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
    Synonym: pai-velho
  3. donkey engine
  4. (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
  5. (nautical) boom vang

Adjective edit

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)

  1. stupid, dumb, idiotic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

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Spanish edit

 
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Burro

Etymology edit

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Syllabification: bu‧rro

Noun edit

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
    Synonyms: asno, jumento
  2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
  3. (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
  4. sawhorse
  5. old maid (card game)
  6. burrito

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Ayutla Mixtec: mburu
  • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj
  • → Cora: puúruꞌu
  • → English: burro
  • → Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj
  • → Morelos Nahuatl: burro
  • → Oluta Popoluca: burru
  • → Quechua: wuru
  • → Taos: mùlduʼúna
  • → Tataltepec Chatino: huru
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

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Adjective edit

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

  1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish
  2. (colloquial) brutish
  3. (colloquial) horny
  4. (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

Further reading edit

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