burro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ, -ɜːɹoʊ
• Homophone: borough (one pronunciation)

Noun

burro (plural burros)

1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Translations

small donkey

• Plautdietsch: Äsel m
• Portuguese: burrico (pt) m, burrego m, burrinho (pt) m
• Spanish: burrico m
• Taos: mùldu’úna

See also

• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• mule

Anagrams

• Robur, rubor

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ro/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ru/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

1. stupid, dumb

Noun

burro m (plural burros)

1. donkey

   Synonym: ase

2. bedwarmer

   Synonym: escalfallits

3. (games) donkey

Further reading

• “burro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

1. donkey.

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈburʊ]

• Audio

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Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: asno

2. fool; silly

   Synonyms: pastrán, parvo

3. (machine) crane

   Synonym: guindastre

4. trestle

   Synonym: trabanco

5. (regional) horse

   Synonyms: besta, cabalo

6. (games) a card game

References

• “burro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “burro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “burro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.ro/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -urro
• Hyphenation: bùr‧ro

Noun

burro m (plural burri)

1. butter

Derived terms

• burrata
• burrificare
• butirro
• burroso
• imburrare

Further reading

• burro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rubro

Latin

Adjective

būrrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

1. donkey

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

Portuguese

Burro

Etymology

From burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁo/ [ˈbu.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ʁu/

• Hyphenation: bur‧ro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico

2. a card game
3. (derogatory) idiot, dunce

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Derived terms

• amansa-burro
• amarrar o burro
• burrada
• burrana
• burrão (“augmentative”)
• burreco
• burreiro
• burricada
• burrice
• burrinho (“diminutive”)
• burro como uma porta
• burro de carga
• burro de sorte
• burro sem rabo
• burro-choro
• burro-mulato
• burrocracia
• burrocrata
• burroide
• cabeça-de-burro
• cor de burro quando foge
• dar com os burros n'água
• de pensar morreu um burro
• emburrar
• lavar a burra
• pai dos burros
• peixe-burro
• pra burro
• quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha
• tratar burro a pão de ló

 

See also

• asino
• burrito
• zurrar

Noun

burro m (plural burros)

1. sawhorse
2. (university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)

   Synonym: pai-velho

3. donkey engine
4. (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
5. (nautical) boom vang

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)

1. stupid, dumb, idiotic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Further reading

• “burro” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “burro” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “burro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “burro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “burro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Burro

Etymology

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]

• Audio (Spain)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: bu‧rro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal

   Synonyms: asno, jumento

2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
3. (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
4. sawhorse
5. old maid (card game)
6. burrito

Derived terms

• anteburro
• burrero
• burrito
• burro de planchar
• como burro sin mecate
• el burro delante, para que no se espante
• el burro hablando de orejas
• mataburros
• no ver tres en un burro
• orejas de burro
• pata de burro
• pie de burro
• poner a caer de un burro
• si entre burros te ves, rebuzna alguna vez
• tumbaburros

 

Descendants

• → Ayutla Mixtec: mburu
• → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj
• → Cora: puúruꞌu
• → English: burro
• → Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj
• → Morelos Nahuatl: burro
• → Oluta Popoluca: burru
• → Quechua: wuru
• → Taos: mùldu’úna
• → Tataltepec Chatino: huru
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

See also

• mula
• burdégano

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish
2. (colloquial) brutish
3. (colloquial) horny
4. (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

Further reading

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