zurro

See also: zurró

Galician

Etymology 1

Unknown, but probably from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; 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.

Alternative forms

• zudre
• xurro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuro̝/

Noun

zurro m (plural zurros)

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

Synonyms

• ludre

Derived terms

• surrullar
• zurreira

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zurro”, 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), “zurro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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
• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

zurro

1. first-person singular present indicative of zurrar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zur.ro/
• Rhymes: -urro
• Hyphenation: zùr‧ro

Noun

zurro m (plural zurri)

1. (archaic, Tuscan) Alternative form of zurlo

Further reading

• zurro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzu.ʁu/ [ˈzu.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzu.ʁu/ [ˈzu.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈzu.ʁu/ [ˈzu.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzu.ʁo/ [ˈzu.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzu.ʁu/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from zurrar.

Noun

zurro m (plural zurros)

1. bray (the cry of a donkey)

   Synonym: ornejo

Etymology 2

Verb

zurro

1. first-person singular present indicative of zurrar

Spanish

Verb

zurro

1. first-person singular present indicative of zurrar
2. first-person singular present indicative of zurrir