marro
See also: Marro and marró
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈma.ro/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈma.ru/
Etymology 1
Probably from French marc.
Noun
marro m (plural marros)
- grounds, lees (residue from brewing or steeping)
- Synonym: trascolins
- (figurative) confusion
- Synonyms: embolic, embull
- 2020, Àngel Casas, Sidonie té més d'un amant, Univers Llibres, →ISBN:
- —Uf, quin marro, tio! —Sí, jo estava realment amoïnat.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Etymology 2
From marrar.
Noun
marro m (plural marros)
- A name for various strategy board games.
Derived terms
- marro de dotze
- marro de nou
- marro de punta
- marro de tres
Further reading
- “marro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “marro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “marro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmaro/ [ˈma.ro]
- Rhymes: -aro
- Syllabification: ma‧rro
Noun
marro m (plural marros)
- (uncountable) a kind of tag game
- (countable) a dodging movement in the above game
- (uncountable) Synonym of calva (game)
- (countable) an object similar to a tack used in the game of calva
Verb
marro
- first-person singular present indicative of marrar
Further reading
- “marro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014