grullo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish grullo, from grulla (“crane (bird)”).
Noun
grullo (countable and uncountable, plural grullos)
- A colouring of horses characterized by smoky or mouse-colored hairs on the body, often with shoulder and dorsal stripes and black barring on the lower legs.
- A horse having this colouring.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 251:
- At first light they followed the dim tracks of her father's grullo, nearly obliterated by the rain but, when she put herself in the right mind, clear enough to follow.
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 251:
Italian
Etymology
From Lombardic *grollo (“rancor, anger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡrul.lo/
- Rhymes: -ullo
- Hyphenation: grùl‧lo
Adjective
grullo (feminine grulla, masculine plural grulli, feminine plural grulle)
- (dialectal, Tuscany) stupid, silly
Noun
grullo m (plural grulli, feminine grulla)
- fool, idiot
Related terms
- grullagine
Further reading
- grullo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- grullo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- grullo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- grùllo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- grullo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- grullo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
Etymology
From grulla (“crane”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡɾuʝo/ [ˈɡɾu.ʝo]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡɾuʎo/ [ˈɡɾu.ʎo]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡɾuʃo/ [ˈɡɾu.ʃo]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡɾuʒo/ [ˈɡɾu.ʒo]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -uʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -uʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -uʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -uʒo
- Syllabification: gru‧llo
Adjective
grullo (feminine grulla, masculine plural grullos, feminine plural grullas)
- (Mexico, said of horses) having an ashen color
Further reading
- “grullo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014