gorra

English

Contraction

gorra

1. (informal, representing slurred pronunciation) Got a.

   You've gorra flippin' nerve showing your face round here.

Anagrams

• Garro

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡo.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡo.ra]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

gorra f (plural gorres)

1. cap, baseball cap
2. (Andorra, Urgell) barretina, a typical catalan beret

Derived terms

• de gorra
• gorrada
• gorrejar
• gorrer
• gorreter
• llevar-se la gorra

Further reading

• “gorra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gorra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gorra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔrːa]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʊrɐ]

Verb

gorra

1. to put, place, set

Conjugation

Conjugation of gorra

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	gorrav	gorrydh	gorr	gorryn	gorrowgh	gorrons	gorrir
	preterite	gorris	gorrsys	gorras	gorrsyn	gorrsowgh	gorrsons	gorras
	imperfect	gorren	gorres	gorra	gorren	gorrewgh	gorrens	gorrys
	pluperfect	gorrsen	gorrses	gorrsa	gorrsen	gorrsewgh	gorrsens	gorrsys
subjunctive	present/future	gorriv	gorri	gorro	gorryn	gorrowgh	gorrons	gorrer
	imperfect	gorren	gorres	gorra	gorren	gorrewgh	gorrens	gorrys
imperative		-	gorr	gorres	gorryn	gorrewgh	gorrens	-
non-finite forms		present participle		ow korra	verbal adjective		gorrys

Derived terms

• gorra a-bervedh (“insert”)
• gorra dhe vernans (“execute”)
• gorra dhe, gorra war (“apply (paint)”)
• gorra dhe-ves (“take away”)
• gorra korran yn (“enrage”)
• gorra marth yn (“amaze”)
• gorra own dhe (“scare”)
• gorra own yn (“alarm”)
• gorra poos war (“stress”)
• gorra yn bagas (“group”, verb)
• gorra yn geryow (“express, put into words”)
• gorra yn-mes (“expel”)
• gorra yn-rag (“suggest”)
• keskorra (“assemble, put together”)

Mutation

Mutation of gorra

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gorra	worra	unchanged	korra	hworra	worra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡora/ [ˈɡo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: go‧rra

Noun

gorra f (plural gorras)

1. cap, baseball cap
   • 1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:

     Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café

     And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.

2. (slang, Argentina) cop

   Synonyms: tombo, paco, madero

Derived terms

• con la gorra
• de gorra
• gorra de plato (“peaked cap”)
• gorrón
• pasar la gorra (“to pass the hat around”) (idiom)
• pegar la gorra (“to sponge off”) (idiom)

Related terms

• gorro

Descendants

• → Cebuano: gora
• → Hiligaynon: gora
• → Tagalog: gora (dated)

Further reading

• “gorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024