porra
See also: porrá and porrà
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin porrum (“leek”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈpo.rə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ra/
Noun
porra f (plural porres)
- club, baton
- Synonym: bastó
- (colloquial) sweepstake
Further reading
- “porra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “porra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “porra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Hungarian
Etymology
por + -ra
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈporːɒ]
- Hyphenation: por‧ra
Noun
porra
- sublative singular of por
Latin
Noun
porra
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of porrum
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- p**** (censored)
Etymology
From porro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/ [ˈpo.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/ [ˈpo.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ʁa/ [ˈpo.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/
Noun
porra f (plural porras)
- (archaic) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)
- Synonyms: moca, porrete
- (Brazil, vulgar) cumshot (pornography), cum, spunk (UK), spooge (US), jizz, jizzum, jism
- Synonyms: (vulgar) esporra, esperma, sêmen
- (Portugal, vulgar) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis
- (informal or vulgar) shit, fuck; (often worthless) stuff, thing
- Synonyms: coisa, merda, caralho, porcaria, droga
- Tire esta porra daqui! ― Get this shit out of here!
- Mas que porra é essa? Não foi isso o que foi pedido.
- What the fuck is that? That's not what was asked for.
Derived terms
- porreiro, porra louca
Related terms
- porrete
Interjection
porra!
- (informal or vulgar, intensifier) fuck; crap (remark of anger and an unwelcome surprise)
- Synonym: caralho
- Porra! Para com isso, porra! ― Fuck! Quit it, goddamit!
Usage notes
- The word porra is mildly vulgar in Portugal
Romani
Noun
porra
- nominative plural of porr
Spanish
Una porra policial (A baton/truncheon/nightstick)
Dos porras en un plato (A couple of thick churros on a plate)
Etymology
From Latin porrum (“leek”). Compare English porray (“a type of stew”), as well as English porridge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpora/ [ˈpo.ra]
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: po‧rra
Noun
porra f (plural porras)
- club, baton, truncheon, nightstick (a baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer)
- Synonyms: clava, cachiporra
- (Spain) thick type of churro
- Coordinate term: churro
- (colloquial) sweepstake (about an event, e.g. a football match)
Derived terms
- aporrear
- echar porras
- cachiporra
- porrazo
- una porra
Interjection
porra
- no way! hell no!
- Synonym: una porra
Adjective
porra
- feminine singular of porro
Further reading
- “porra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014