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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Basque giristino, the Basque adaptation of the Spanish cristino, the term for the liberal forces in the Spanish Carlist Wars, after the then Queen Cristina.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡiɾi/
- Rhymes: -iɾi
- Syllabification: gui‧ri
Noun
guiri m (plural guiris)
- (botany) gorse, furze
- Synonym: tojo
Noun
guiri m or f by sense (plural guiris)
- (historical) a supporter of Queen Isabella II of Spain
- Synonym: cristino
- (Spain, colloquial, ethnic slur) A pale-skinned English or Germanic tourist.
2019 May 16, Àlex Montoya, “'City for Sale': alerta turista en Barcelona”, in El Mundo:Las políticas de la vivienda, con carta blanca para la especulación y el gangsterismo inmobiliario, y la invasión guiri, como Daenerys a lomos de Drogon, son armas de destrucción masiva […]- Housing politics, with a carte blanche for speculation, real estate gangsterism and the guiri invasion, like Daenerys riding the back of Drogon, are weapons of mass destruction
- (dated, Spain, colloquial) police agent from la Guardia Civil
Derived terms
References
- guiri in Using Spanish synonyms, By Ronald Ernest Batchelor, p. 312 .
- DRAE Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua, originally 1925 (defined as a 'Carlist'), and later versions
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