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Galician
Etymology
From zorro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθora̝/, (western) /ˈsora̝/
Adjective
zorra
- feminine singular of zorro
Noun
zorra f (plural zorras)
- sled, sledge for hauling loads
- wagon (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads)
References
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oʁɐ
- Hyphenation: zor‧ra
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
zorra f (plural zorras)
- sledge, dray
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Unknown. Compare Spanish zorra.
Noun
zorra f (plural zorras)
- an old fox
- (figurative) a plodder
- (Portugal, regional, derogatory) a prostitute
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
- (Brazil, colloquial) a mess
Spanish
Etymology
First attested in the 15th century. Of unclear origin: perhaps from an unknown pre-Roman language, or perhaps from Basque azari/azeri (“fox”) (a third suggestion, which holds that the term derives from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθora/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsora/
- Rhymes: -ora
- Syllabification: zo‧rra
Noun
zorra f (plural zorras)
- female equivalent of zorro; vixen; female fox
- (colloquial) slut, prostitute
- (colloquial) bitch (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman)
- (colloquial) an attractive woman
- (colloquial) a cunning woman
- (colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.
- (colloquial) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
Adjective
zorra f sg
- feminine singular of zorro
References
- ^ 2012, A History of the Spanish Lexicon: A Linguistic Perspective →ISBN, page 39: "The initial attestations of Sp. zorro/zorra 'fox' are from the mid fifteenth century and appear almost exclusively in the feminine, employed in cancionero poetry, with reference to idle, immoral women (cf. mod. zorra 'prostitute'). DCECH may well be right in stating that zorro/zorra secondarily became a euphemistic designation for the dreaded fox (cf. raposo so used). The late initial documentation of zorro leads to the question whether this word goes back to early Roman Spain or whether it is a later borrowing from Basque, a derivation, as noted above, challenged by Trask (1997: 421). Far from convincing is the unprovable hypothesis in DCECH that zorro goes back to a verb zorrar (whose authenticity I have been unable to verify), allegedly on onomatopoeic origin."
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