murga
See also: Murga
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindi मुर्ग़ा (murġā, “rooster”).
Noun
[edit]murga (uncountable)
- A stress position used as corporal punishment in parts of South Asia. The punished person has to squat and loop the arms behind the knees to grip the ears.
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]murga f (plural murgues)
- (colloquial) Someone or something that is annoying or boring; an obstacle to progress or enjoyment.
- A group of bad musicians.
Further reading
[edit]- “murga”, 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
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]murġa
- inflection of murġe:
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from an earlier form *musga, a semi-learned borrowing[1] from Latin mūsica, from Ancient Greek μουσική (mousikḗ, “of a Muse”). Compare the borrowed doublet música.
Noun
[edit]murga f (plural murgas)
- band or group of street musicians
- 1875, Benito Pérez Galdós, “chapter 6”, in Los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis:
- las murgas no me dejaron dormir en toda la noche
- the bands didn't let me sleep the entire night
- 1909, Felipe Trigo, En la Carrera:
- Una murga tocaba en un tablado
- A band was playing on stage
- (colloquial) bugbear; pain; drag (annoyance)
- 2022, Diego de Celis, Operación Helium:
- —Vaya murga que nos está pegando la pava esta, macho. Necesito un cigarro
- That chick is such a drag, dude. I need a ciggy.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: murga
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]murga f (uncountable)
References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “murga”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “murga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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