xurro

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish churro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʃu.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃu.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈt͡ʃu.ro]

Noun

xurro m (plural xurros)

1. churro (pastry)
2. fluke

   Synonym: xamba

3. (colloquial, figurative, Castilianism) botch, mess

   Synonym: bunyol

Noun

xurro m (plural xurros, feminine xurra)

1. (often derogatory, Valencia) a person who speaks Valencian Castilian instead of Valencian Catalan
2. (colloquial) stubborn person

   Synonym: tossut

See also

• xarnego

Further reading

• “xurro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xurro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “xurro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xurro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• zudre
• zurro

Etymology

Unknown, but probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia/Iberian; related to Portuguese enxurro and Portuguese enxurrada (“flash flood”), Portuguese surro (“dirt”), and Spanish churre (“grime”). Also related to several current places named Xudres and Zudres, in local Medieval Latin Scudris, Sudris and Xudris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuro̝/

Noun

xurro m (plural xurros)

1. liquid manure
2. surface runoff
3. sheep wool grease

Synonyms

• ludre

Derived terms

• surrullar
• xurreira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xurro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xurro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xurro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zurro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN