mamporro

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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)

  1. 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.
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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ mamporro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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