marrano
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See also: Marrano
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano. Doublet of Muharram.
Noun
marrano (plural marranos)
- (historical) A Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
- Hypernym: crypto-Jew
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”).
Pronunciation
Noun
marrano m (plural marrani)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano,[1][2] from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram). Doublet of marrão.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mar‧ra‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- (historical, derogatory) Marrano
- Synonym: criptojudeu
See also
References
- ^ “marrano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “marrano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.
Pronunciation
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- pig
- (colloquial, derogatory) pig (disgusting person)
- (historical, originally pejorative) crypto-Jew, converso (a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret)
Descendants
Further reading
- “marrano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16