Masculine
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marrano

Meaning

  1. (masculine) pig
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, masculine) pig (disgusting person)
  3. (historical, masculine) crypto-Jew, converso (a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret)

Hyphenated as
ma‧rra‧no
Pronounced as (IPA)
/maˈrano/
Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.

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