zafarrancho
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /θafaˈrant͡ʃo/ [θa.faˈrãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /safaˈrant͡ʃo/ [sa.faˈrãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -antʃo
- Syllabification: za‧fa‧rran‧cho
Noun
[edit]zafarrancho m (plural zafarranchos)
- (nautical) clearing the decks
- (colloquial) destruction
- (colloquial) rumpus, quarrel, row, shindy, dustup
Further reading
[edit]- “zafarrancho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014