guiri

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Basque giristino, the Basque adaptation of the Spanish cristino, the term for the liberal forces in the Spanish Carlist Wars, after the then Queen Cristina.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiɾi/ [ˈɡi.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -iɾi
  • Syllabification: gui‧ri

Noun

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guiri m (plural guiris)

  1. (botany) gorse, furze
    Synonym: tojo

Noun

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guiri m or f by sense (plural guiris)

  1. (historical) a supporter of Queen Isabella II of Spain
    Synonym: cristino
  2. (Spain, colloquial, ethnic slur) A pale-skinned English or Germanic tourist.
    • 2019 May 16, Àlex Montoya, “'City for Sale': alerta turista en Barcelona”, in El Mundo[1]:
      Las políticas de la vivienda, con carta blanca para la especulación y el gangsterismo inmobiliario, y la invasión guiri, como Daenerys a lomos de Drogon, son armas de destrucción masiva []
      Housing politics, with a carte blanche for speculation, real estate gangsterism and the guiri invasion, like Daenerys riding the back of Drogon, are weapons of mass destruction []
  3. (dated, Spain, colloquial) police agent from la Guardia Civil

Derived terms

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References

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  • guiri in Using Spanish synonyms, By Ronald Ernest Batchelor, p. 312 .
  • DRAE Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua, originally 1925 (defined as a 'Carlist'), and later versions

Further reading

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