mouro

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

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.

Concepts

Moorish

Moor

moor

Moresque

Muslim

infidel

Mauretanian

Synonyms

moiro

Amarre

mourisco

mouros