mouro

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)
2. (Northern, Portugal, colloquial, derogatory, mildly, not-comparable) relative to Lisbon or the South of Portugal
3. (historical, not-comparable) Muslim; Islamic

Noun

1. (masculine) Moor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)
2. (masculine) Moor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)
3. (historical, masculine) a Muslim of any ethnicity; Mussulman
4. (Northern, Portugal, colloquial, derogatory, masculine, mildly) a Lisboner or from the South of Portugal

Noun

synonym of mouro encantado

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of mourar

Concepts

Moorish

Moor

moor

Moresque

Muslim

infidel

Mauretanian

Synonyms

moiro

Amarre

mourisco

mouros

Translations

moro

Maure

moresco

Maure

maurisch

moro

mauresque

Mohr

Moor

morisco

Maurin

maure

Moors

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmo(w).ɾu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: Maurus

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.