marro

See also: Marro and marró

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈma.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.ro]

Etymology 1

Probably from French marc.

Noun

marro m (plural marros)

1. grounds, lees (residue from brewing or steeping)

   Synonym: trascolins

2. (figurative) confusion

   Synonyms: embolic, embull

   • 2020, Àngel Casas, Sidonie té més d'un amant‎^[1], Univers Llibres, →ISBN:

     —Uf, quin marro, tio! —Sí, jo estava realment amoïnat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

From marrar.

Noun

marro m (plural marros)

1. A name for various strategy board games.

Derived terms

• marro de dotze
• marro de nou
• marro de punta
• marro de tres

 

Further reading

• “marro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “marro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “marro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaro/ [ˈma.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro

Noun

marro m (plural marros)

1. (uncountable) a kind of tag game
2. (countable) a dodging movement in the above game
3. (uncountable) Synonym of calva (game)
4. (countable) an object similar to a tack used in the game of calva

Verb

marro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marrar

Further reading

• “marro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014