macarra

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan macarró, from French maquereau. Doublet of macró.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈkara/ [maˈka.ra]
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: ma‧ca‧rra

Adjective

macarra (plural macarras)

(colloquial) thuggish; loutish

Noun

macarra m or f (plural macarras)

(colloquial) thug, lout
- 2004, Antonio Rey Hazas, Mostrar con propiedad un desatino:
  Para mis amigos finos, yo era una especie de macarra de la Prospe; para mis amigos macarras, yo era una especie de intelectual.
  To my fancy friends, I was a kind of thug from Escuela Popular de Prosperidad (a state school); to my thug friends, I was a kind of intellectual.
- 2016, Andrea Longarela, La lista de Mario:
  se convirtió en toda una macarra y abofeteó a una chica que había insultado a Maite
  She turned into a right thug and slapped a girl who'd insulted Maite.
(colloquial) pimp
Synonyms: macarrón, rufián

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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