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Spanish
Etymology
From Guaraní ngiri.
Noun
gurí m or f (plural gurises, feminine gurisa, feminine plural guirisas)
- (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Lunfardo) kid, baby
2015 December, ““Tienen la juventud por delante y lloriquean””, in El Pais (Uruguay):“Lo que te digo es que no te sientas quebrado; sentite hombre que sos un gurí y tenés toda la vida por delante”, le respondió Mujica, quien insistió en ese punto al hablar con una joven rescatista: “Tienen la juventud por delante y lloriquean”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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