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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.
Pronunciation
Noun
xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)
- (often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
- (often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan
See also
Further reading
- “xarnego”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “xarnego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “xarnego” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “xarnego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.