panarra

Catalan

FWOTD – 29 April 2013

Etymology

From pa (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəˈna.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /paˈna.ra/

Adjective

panarra (masculine and feminine plural panarres)

1. (of a person) who eats a lot of bread, bread-loving
   • 1887, Bosch de la Trinxeria, Recorts d'un excursionista, page 38:

     Com és tan panarra, quan ha acabat lo pa, sol pendre lo pa de sos veins.

     Since he is so bread-loving, when he has finished the bread, he usually steals that of his neighbors.

Synonyms

• paner
• panisser

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *pennaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈna.ra/

Noun

panarra m (plural panarras)

1. bat (winged mammal)
   • Había un panarra viviendo en el desván de la casa.

     There was a bat living in the house's attic.

2. (colloquial) simpleton

Synonyms

• (bat): murciélago
• (simpleton): bobo, ingenuo, simplón, tonto

See also

• murciélago vampiro