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Spanish
Etymology
From mano + porra.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mamˈporo/
- Rhymes: -oro
- Syllabification: mam‧po‧rro
Noun
mamporro m (plural mamporros)
- bash, clout
- Synonyms: golpe, coscorrón
2015 July 24, “Tu abuelo surfeaba mejor que tú”, in El País:Temboury es uno de esos cineastas atípicos: amante de la serie B, se hizo un nombre a finales de los noventa en el cine de bajo presupuesto con el corto Psycho-lettes (1996) y una de las obras más bizarras que ha dado el audiovisual patrio: Karate a muerte en Torremolinos (2003), homenaje al cine de mamporros y monstruos, que tenía como estrella al recientemente fallecido Jess Franco.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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