borrego
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant form of borrec (“young sheep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
borrego m (plural borregos)
- a kind of biscotti flavoured with anise, a specialty of Cardedeu
- old maid (an unpopped popcorn kernel)
Further reading[edit]
- “borrego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “borrego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “borrego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish borrego.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: bor‧re‧go
Noun[edit]
borrego m (plural borregos)
- lamb
- Coordinate term: cordeiro
- ensopado de borrego ― lamb stew
- perna de borrego ― leg of lamb
- (figurative) lamb (docile person)
Further reading[edit]
- “borrego” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From borra (“year-old sheep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
borrego m (plural borregos, feminine borrega, feminine plural borregas)
- sheep around its second year of age
- (figurative) sheep, lemming
- 2016, “Black Mirror”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:
- Pero sigamos consumiendo que no pasa nada; seamos borregos, seamos manada / Que por suerte el ser humano, vaya / También tiene obsolescencia programada
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun[edit]
borrego m (plural borregos)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: borrego
Adjective[edit]
borrego (feminine borrega, masculine plural borregos, feminine plural borregas)
Further reading[edit]
- “borrego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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