charnego
Spanish
Etymology
From lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), applied to greyhounds. Compare Catalan xarnego/xarnec.
Noun
charnego m (plural charnegos, feminine charnega, feminine plural charnegas)
- (often derogatory, Catalonia) a person who is half Catalan and half from another ethnolinguistic group
- (often derogatory, Catalonia) a Spanish person who lives in Catalonia but immigrated from another part of Spain and cannot speak Catalan
Further reading
- “charnego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014