burro

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishburro.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈbʊɹoʊ/,/ˈbɝoʊ/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Rhymes:-ʊɹoʊ,-ɜːɹoʊ
• Homophone:borough(one pronunciation)

Noun

burro(pluralburros)

1. A smalldonkey,especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Derived terms

• burrobrush
• burroweed

Translations

small donkey

• Plautdietsch:Äselm
• Portuguese:burrico(pt)m,burregom,burrinho(pt)m
• Spanish:burricom
• Taos:mùlduʼúna

See also

• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• mule

Anagrams

• Robur,rubor

Catalan

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishburro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈbu.ru]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic,Valencia)[ˈbu.ro]

• Audio(Valencia):

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Adjective

burro(feminineburra,masculine pluralburros,feminine pluralburres)

1. stupid,dumb

Noun

burrom(pluralburros)

1. donkey

   Synonym:ase

2. bedwarmer

   Synonym:escalfallits

3. (games)donkey

Further reading

• “burro”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishburro.

Noun

burro

1. donkey.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• burou,borou,bouerou,beure,bouèrou,beûryou,buro
• buyro(archaic)

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinbutyrum.

Noun

burrom(pluralburros)(ORB, broad)

1. butter

References

• beurrein DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal– ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• burroin Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately fromLatinburricus(“small horse”),fromburrus(“red-brown”),fromAncient Greekπυρρός(purrhós,“flame colored”),fromπῦρ(pûr,“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈburo/[ˈbu.rʊ]
• Rhymes:-uro

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:bu‧rro

Noun

burrom(pluralburros,feminineburra,feminine pluralburras)

1. donkey,ass

   Synonym:asno

2. fool;silly

   Synonyms:pastrán,parvo

3. (machine)crane

   Synonym:guindastre

4. trestle

   Synonym:trabanco

5. (regional)horse

   Synonyms:besta,cabalo

6. (games)acard game

   Synonym:xogo de cartas

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “burro”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “burro”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “burro”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN

Italian

Etymology

BorrowedfromOld Frenchburre,fromLatinbūtȳrum,fromAncient Greekβούτυρον(boúturon).Doubletofbutirro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈbur.ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-urro
• Hyphenation:bùr‧ro

Noun

burrom(pluralburri)

1. butter

Derived terms

• burrata
• burrificare
• butirro
• burroso
• imburrare

Further reading

• burroin Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• rubro

Latin

Adjective

būrrō

1. dative/ablativemasculine/neutersingularofbūrrus

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed fromSpanishburro.

Noun

burro

1. donkey

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C.(2005)Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎^[1],segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published2006,page 9

Portuguese

Burro

Etymology

Back-formationfromburrico(“small donkey”),fromLatinburricus(“small horse”),fromburrus(“red-brown”),fromAncient Greekπυρρός(purrhós,“flame colored”),fromπῦρ(pûr,“fire”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbu.ʁu/[ˈbu.hu]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbu.ʁu/[ˈbu.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/ˈbu.ʁu/[ˈbu.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/ˈbu.ʁo/[ˈbu.ho]

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/ˈbu.ʁu/

• Rhymes:-uʁu
• Hyphenation:bur‧ro

Noun

burrom(pluralburros,feminineburra,feminine pluralburras)

1. donkey

   Synonyms:asno,jegue,jumento,jerico

2. a card game
3. (derogatory)idiot,dunce

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:idiota

Derived terms

• a pensar morreu um burro
• amansa-burro
• amarrar o burro
• burrada
• burrana
• burrão(“augmentative”)
• burreco
• burreiro
• burricada
• burrice
• burrinho(“diminutive”)
• burro como uma porta
• burro de carga
• burro de sorte
• burro sem rabo
• burro-choro
• burro-mulato
• burrocracia
• burrocrata
• burroide
• cabeça-de-burro
• cor de burro quando foge
• dar com os burros n'água
• emburrar
• lavar a burra
• pai dos burros
• para burro
• peixe-burro
• quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha
• tratar burro a pão de ló
• vozes de burro não chegam ao céu

Related terms

• borla
• borra
• burla
• burrico
• expurgar
• fona
• pira
• pirilampo
• piro-
• piromania
• pirómano
• purgação
• purgar
• purgatório

See also

• asino
• burrito
• zurrar

Noun

burrom(pluralburros)

1. sawhorse
2. (Brazil,universityslang,dated)crib(a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)

   Synonym:pai-velho

3. donkey engine
4. (Angola)Africanstripedgrunt(Parapristipoma octolineatum)
5. (nautical)boom vang

Adjective

burro(feminineburra,masculine pluralburros,feminine pluralburras,comparable,comparativemaisburro,superlativeomaisburroorburríssimo,diminutiveburrinho,augmentativeburrão)

1. stupid,dumb,idiotic

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:idiota

Further reading

• “burro”,iniDicionário Aulete(in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital,2008–2024
• “burro”,inDicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora,2003–2024
• “burro”,inMichaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos,2015–2024
• “burro”,inDicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa(in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam,2008–2024

Spanish

Burro

Etymology

Fromborrico(“donkey”),fromLatinburricus(“small horse”),fromburrus(“red-brown”),fromAncient Greekπυρρός(purrhós,“flame colored”),fromπῦρ(pûr,“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈburo/[ˈbu.ro]

• Audio(Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-uro
• Syllabification:bu‧rro

Noun

burrom(pluralburros,feminineburra,feminine pluralburras)

1. donkey,especially one used as a pack animal

   Synonyms:asno,jumento

2. (slang)adunce,anidiot
3. (slang,figuratively)awell hungman
4. sawhorse
5. old maid(card game)
6. burrito

Derived terms

• anteburro
• burrero
• burrito
• burro de planchar
• como burro sin mecate
• el burro delante, para que no se espante
• el burro hablando de orejas
• hierba del burro
• mataburros
• no ver tres en un burro
• orejas de burro
• pata de burro
• pie de burro
• poner a caer de un burro
• si entre burros te ves, rebuzna alguna vez
• tumbaburros

Descendants

• →Ayutla Mixtec:mburu
• →Central Huasteca Nahuatl:borroj
• →Cora:puúruꞌu
• →English:burro
• →Highland Puebla Nahuatl:bu̱rroj
• →Morelos Nahuatl:burro
• →Oluta Popoluca:burru
• →Quechua:wuru
• →Taos:mùlduʼúna
• →Tataltepec Chatino:huru
• →Tetelcingo Nahuatl:puro

See also

• mula
• burdégano

Adjective

burro(feminineburra,masculine pluralburros,feminine pluralburras)

1. (colloquial)stupid,foolish
2. (colloquial)brutish
3. (colloquial)horny
4. (colloquial,euphemistic,of a man)well-endowed

Further reading

• “burro”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy,2023 November 28