burro

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

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

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

burro (plural burros)

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

• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• mule

• Robur, rubor

From Spanish burro.

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ro/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ru/

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burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

1. stupid, dumb

burro m (plural burros)

1. donkey

   Synonym: ase

2. bedwarmer

   Synonym: escalfallits

3. (games) donkey

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

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

burro

1. donkey.

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈburʊ]

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burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

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) a card game

• “burro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “burro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “burro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.ro/

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• Rhymes: -urro
• Hyphenation: bùr‧ro

burro m (plural burri)

1. butter

• burrata
• burrificare
• butirro
• burroso
• imburrare

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

• rubro

būrrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

burro

1. donkey

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

From burrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

• Hyphenation: bur‧ro

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: asno, jumento

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

1. stupid, dumb, idiotic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: bu‧rro

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal

   Synonyms: asno, jumento

2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
3. (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
4. sawhorse
5. old maid (card game)
6. burrito

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

• mula
• burdégano

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

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

• “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014