modorra
See also: modorrá
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish modorra.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mo‧dor‧ra
Noun edit
modorra f (plural modorras)
- somnolence, fatigue, drowsiness (pathological or not)
- Synonyms: sonolência, fatiga, cansaço
- apathy; lack of interest or eagerness
- Synonyms: apatia, desânimo, desinteresse
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Uncertain.
Noun edit
modorra f (plural modorras)
- fatigue, drowsiness
- 2015 July 25, “Sureños europeos, yanquis del sur”, in El País[1]:
- Ni siquiera el intercambio de vocalistas principales nos sacude la modorra: toda la vida añorando el sur para que anoche nos felicitáramos de nuestra condición mesetaria.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: modorra
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
modorra
- inflection of modorrar:
Further reading edit
- “modorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014