zurdo

Galician

Etymology

Likely from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Adjective

zurdo (feminine zurda, masculine plural zurdos, feminine plural zurdas)

1. left-handed

   Synonyms: cochaino, coxeno, curdo, manicho, maniscoto, xergo, zurdán

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθuɾdo/ [ˈθuɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsuɾdo/ [ˈsuɾ.ð̞o]

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• Rhymes: -uɾdo
• Syllabification: zur‧do

Adjective

zurdo (feminine zurda, masculine plural zurdos, feminine plural zurdas)

1. left-handed

   Antonym: diestro

Noun

zurdo m (plural zurdos, feminine zurda, feminine plural zurdas)

1. left-handed person, lefty
2. (derogatory, Rioplatense) left-winger, leftist, lefty

   Synonyms: (often pejorative) rojo, (often pejorative) progre, izquierdista

Further reading

• “zurdo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28