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
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Pronunciation edit
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)
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “gorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014