porra
Meaning
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- (feminine) club, baton, truncheon, nightstick (a baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer)
- (Spain, feminine) thick type of churro
- (colloquial, feminine) sweepstake (about an event, e.g. a football match)
- (feminine) fan, crowd, supporters (especially political)
- (feminine) cheer, from a crowd of supporters
Concepts
Frequency
Hyphenated as
po‧rra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpora/
Etymology
In summary
From Latin porrum (“leek”). Compare English porray (“a type of stew”), as well as English porridge.
New
porro
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leek
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