majareta
Spanish
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrúm, “wretched”), from Classical Arabic مَحْرُوم (maḥrūm, “deprived”), + -eta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maxaˈɾeta/ [ma.xaˈɾe.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: ma‧ja‧re‧ta
Adjective
majareta (plural majaretas)
- (colloquial) nuts, bonkers
- Synonym: majara
References
- Lucía Petisco; Benjamín Cabaleiro; Gonzalo Montaño; Ana Segovia (2019), “Romani Lessons”, in Joaquín López Bustamante, editor, Fundación Secretariado Gitano (in English), Madrid, retrieved August 27, 2021
Further reading
- “majareta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “majareta” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.