gorra
English edit
Contraction edit
gorra
- (informal, representing slurred pronunciation) Got a.
- You've gorra flippin' nerve showing your face round here.
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gorra f (plural gorres)
- cap, baseball cap
- (Andorra, Urgell) barretina, a typical catalan beret
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gorra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “gorra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔrːa]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡʊrɐ]
Verb edit
gorra
Derived terms edit
- gorra a-bervedh (“insert”)
Mutation edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gorra f (plural gorras)
- cap, baseball cap
- 1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:
- Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café
- And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.
- (slang, Argentina) cop
Derived terms edit
- con la gorra
- de gorra
- gorra de plato (“peaked cap”)
- gorrón
- pasar la gorra (“to pass the hat around”) (idiom)
- pegar la gorra (“to sponge off”) (idiom)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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