marrano

See also: Marrano

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marrano. Doublet of Muharram.

Noun

marrano (plural marranos)

1. (historical) A Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.

   Hypernym: crypto-Jew

See also

• converso
• marrano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈra.no/
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: mar‧rà‧no

Noun

marrano m (plural marrani)

1. boor
2. traitor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram). Doublet of marrão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈhɐ̃.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈhɐ̃.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈχɐ̃.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɐ.no/ [maˈhɐ.no]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʁɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʁɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʁa.nu/

• Hyphenation: mar‧ra‧no

Noun

marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)

1. (historical, derogatory) Marrano

   Synonym: criptojudeu

See also

• cristão-novo
• judeu

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrano/ [maˈra.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: ma‧rra‧no

Noun

marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)

1. pig

   Synonyms: cochino, gocho, cerdo, chancho, puerco, guarro

2. (colloquial, derogatory) pig (disgusting person)
3. (historical, originally pejorative) crypto-Jew, converso (a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret)

Descendants

• → Catalan: marrà
• → English: marrano
• → Italian: marrano
• → Portuguese: marrano
• → Dutch: maraan
• → Swedish: marran
• → Sardinian: marranu

Further reading

• “marrano”, 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