burro
Meaning
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- (masculine) donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
- (masculine,slang) a dunce, an idiot
- (figuratively,masculine,slang) a well hung man
- (masculine) sawhorse
- (masculine) old maid (card game)
- (masculine) burrito
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bu‧rro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈburo/
Etymology
From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
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