xarnego

Catalan

Alternative forms

xarnec

Etymology

From Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾˈnə.ɡo/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ʃərˈnɛ.ɡu/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɡo/

Noun

xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)

(often derogatory) A person who is half Catalan and half from another ethnolinguistic group.
(often derogatory) A Spanish person who lives in Catalonia but immigrated from another part of Spain and cannot speak Catalan.

See also

xurro

Further reading

“xarnego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“xarnego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“xarnego” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“xarnego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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