xarnego
Catalan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editxarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)
- (often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
- (often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “xarnego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “xarnego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “xarnego” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xarnego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.