marrano
See also: Marrano
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano. Doublet of Muharram.
Noun
marrano (plural marranos)
- (historical) A Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
- Hypernym: crypto-Jew
See also
- converso
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marˈra.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: mar‧rà‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marrani)
- boor
- traitor
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano,[1][2] from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram). Doublet of marrão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈhɐ̃.nu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈχɐ̃.nu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ.no/ [maˈhɐ.no]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈʁɐ.nu/
- Hyphenation: mar‧ra‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- (historical, derogatory) Marrano
- Synonym: criptojudeu
See also
- cristão-novo
- judeu
References
- “marrano” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “marrano” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈrano/ [maˈra.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: ma‧rra‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- pig
- Synonyms: cochino, gocho, cerdo, chancho, puerco
- (colloquial, derogatory) pig (disgusting person)
- (historical, derogatory) a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret
Descendants
- → Catalan: marrà
- → English: marrano
- → Italian: marrano
- → Portuguese: marrano
- → Dutch: maraan
- → Swedish: marran
- → Sardinian: marranu
Further reading
- “marrano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014