morro
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
morro (plural morros)
Usage notes edit
- A Morro Castle is a castle on a hill.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morro m (plural morros)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “morro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “morro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “morro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “morro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unknown. From Vulgar Latin *murrum (“snout”); the word extends along the Iberian peninsula, southern France, Italy and south Germany, and is perhaps originally onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morro m (plural morros)
- snout
- Synonym: fociño
- (figurative, colloquial, in the plural) lips
- Synonym: beizos
Related terms edit
References edit
- “morro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “morro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “morro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “morro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
morro
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oʁu
- Hyphenation: mor‧ro
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.
Noun edit
morro m (plural morros)
- a landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain
- (Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro) a slum built on a hill or on uneven ground
See also edit
- (hill): cerro (usually smaller than a morro), colina (smaller than a morro), monte (larger than a morro), outeiro
- (slum): bairro de lata (Portugal), favela (Brazil), musseque (Angola)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
morro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
morro m (plural morros)
- hill
- snout (long nose of an animal)
- (figuratively) mouth
- Synonym: pico
- hillock
- cheek; cheekiness
- pebble
- headland
- (Mexico) guy; dude; kiddo
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “morro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014