majareta

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic مَحْرُوم‎ (maḥrúm, “wretched”), from Classical Arabic مَحْرُوم‎ (maḥrūm, “deprived”), +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maxaˈɾeta/ [ma.xaˈɾe.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: ma‧ja‧re‧ta

Adjective

majareta (plural majaretas)

(colloquial) nuts, bonkers
Synonym: majara

References

Lucía Petisco; Benjamín Cabaleiro; Gonzalo Montaño; Ana Segovia (2019), “Romani Lessons”, in Joaquín López Bustamante, editor, Fundación Secretariado Gitano‎ (in English), Madrid, retrieved August 27, 2021

Further reading

“majareta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
“majareta” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

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