burro

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

Noun

burro (plural burros)

  1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

  1. stupid, dumb

Noun

burro m (plural burros)

  1. donkey
    Synonym: ase
  2. bedwarmer
    Synonym: escalfallits
  3. (games) donkey

Further reading

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

  1. donkey.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Franco-Provençal buyro, from Latin būtȳrum.

Noun

burro m

  1. butter

References

  • beurre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “butyrum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 663

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, ass
    Synonym: asno
  2. fool; silly
    Synonyms: pastrán, parvo
  3. (machine) crane
    Synonym: guindastre
  4. trestle
    Synonym: trabanco
  5. (regional) horse
    Synonyms: besta, cabalo
  6. (games) a card game

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

Pronunciation

Noun

burro m (plural burri)

  1. butter

Derived terms

Further reading

  • burro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Adjective

būrrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

  1. donkey

References

  • Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

Portuguese

Burro

Etymology

Back-formation from burrico (“small donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -uʁu
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey
    Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico
  2. a card game
  3. (derogatory) idiot, dunce
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

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Noun

burro m (plural burros)

  1. sawhorse
  2. (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
    Synonym: pai-velho
  3. donkey engine
  4. (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
  5. (nautical) boom vang

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)

  1. stupid, dumb, idiotic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Further reading

Spanish

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Burro

Etymology

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈburo/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Syllabification: bu‧rro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
    Synonyms: asno, jumento
  2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
  3. (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
  4. sawhorse
  5. old maid (card game)
  6. burrito

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Ayutla Mixtec: mburu
  • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj
  • → Cora: puúruꞌu
  • → English: burro
  • → Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj
  • → Morelos Nahuatl: burro
  • → Oluta Popoluca: burru
  • → Quechua: wuru
  • → Taos: mùlduʼúna
  • → Tataltepec Chatino: huru
  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

See also

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

  1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish
  2. (colloquial) brutish
  3. (colloquial) horny
  4. (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

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