xarnego

xarnego

Catalan

Alternative forms

• xarnec

Etymology

From Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾˈnə.ɡo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ʃərˈnɛ.ɡu/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɡo/

Noun

xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)

1. (often derogatory) A person who is half Catalan and half from another ethnolinguistic group.
2. (often derogatory) A Spanish person who lives in Catalonia but immigrated from another part of Spain and cannot speak Catalan.

See also

• xurro

Further reading

• “xarnego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “xarnego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “xarnego” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “xarnego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.