Masculine
marrano
- (masculine) pig
- (colloquial, derogatory, masculine) pig (disgusting person)
- (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.
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "marrano" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)