macarra
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan macarró, from French maquereau. Doublet of macró.
Pronunciation
Adjective
macarra m or f (masculine and feminine plural macarras)
Noun
macarra m or f (plural macarras)
- (colloquial) thug, lout
- 2004, Antonio Rey Hazas, Mostrar con propiedad un desatino:
- Para mis amigos finos, yo era una especie de macarra de la Prospe; para mis amigos macarras, yo era una especie de intelectual.
- To my fancy friends, I was a kind of thug from Escuela Popular de Prosperidad (a state school); to my thug friends, I was a kind of intellectual.
- 2016, Andrea Longarela, La lista de Mario:
- se convirtió en toda una macarra y abofeteó a una chica que había insultado a Maite
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) pimp
Derived terms
Further reading
- “macarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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