burro
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ, -ɜːɹoʊ
- Homophone: borough (one pronunciation)
Noun edit
burro (plural burros)
- 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
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Adjective edit
burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)
Noun edit
burro m (plural burros)
Further reading edit
- “burro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
burro
Franco-Provençal edit
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
burro m (plural burros) (ORB large)
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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)
- donkey, ass
- Synonym: asno
- fool; silly
- (machine) crane
- Synonym: guindastre
- trestle
- Synonym: trabanco
- (regional) horse
- (games) a card game
References edit
- “burro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “burro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “burro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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)
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
Morelos Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
burro
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
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)
- donkey
- a card game
- (derogatory) idiot, dunce
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Derived terms edit
- a pensar morreu um burro
- amansa-burro
- amarrar o burro
- burrada
- burrana
- burrão (“augmentative”)
- burreco
- burreiro
- burricada
- burrice
- burrinho (“diminutive”)
- burro como uma porta
- burro de carga
- burro de sorte
- burro sem rabo
- burro-choro
- burro-mulato
- burrocracia
- burrocrata
- burroide
- cabeça-de-burro
- cor de burro quando foge
- dar com os burros n'água
- emburrar
- lavar a burra
- pai dos burros
- para burro
- peixe-burro
- quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha
- tratar burro a pão de ló
- vozes de burro não chegam ao céu
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Noun edit
burro m (plural burros)
- sawhorse
- (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
- Synonym: pai-velho
- donkey engine
- (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
- (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)
- stupid, dumb, idiotic
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
Further reading edit
- “burro” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “burro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “burro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “burro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
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
Noun edit
burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)
- donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
- (slang) a dunce, an idiot
- (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
- sawhorse
- old maid (card game)
- 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
See also edit
Adjective edit
burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)
- (colloquial) stupid, foolish
- (colloquial) brutish
- (colloquial) horny
- (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed
Further reading edit
- “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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