huraño

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin forāneus (influenced in Spanish by hurón), ultimately from Latin forās (“outside”). Doublet of foráneo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈɾaɲo/ [uˈɾa.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -aɲo
• Syllabification: hu‧ra‧ño

Adjective

huraño (feminine huraña, masculine plural huraños, feminine plural hurañas)

1. shy
2. antisocial, unsociable

Further reading

• “huraño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014