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5-letter words (1 found)

BURRO,

4-letter words (1 found)

BURR,

3-letter words (10 found)

BOR,BRO,BRR,BRU,BUR,ORB,OUR,ROB,RUB,URB,

2-letter words (5 found)

BO,OB,OR,OU,UR,

You can make 17 words from burro according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of burro

burro

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ, -ɜːɹoʊ
  • Homophone: borough (one pronunciation)

Noun

burro (plural burros)

  1. A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • ass
  • donkey
  • hinny
  • mule

Anagrams

  • Robur, rubor

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbu.ru]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbu.ro]

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

  1. stupid, dumb

Noun

burro m (plural burros)

  1. donkey
    Synonym: ase
  2. bedwarmer
    Synonym: escalfallits
  3. (games) donkey

Further reading

  • “burro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

  1. donkey.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

  • burou, borou, bouerou, beure, bouèrou, beûryou, buro

Etymology

From Old Franco-Provençal buyro, from Latin būtȳrum.

Noun

burro m

  1. butter

References

  • beurre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin burricus (small horse), from burrus (red-brown), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, flame colored), from πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈburʊ]

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, ass
    Synonym: asno
  2. fool; silly
    Synonyms: pastrán, parvo
  3. (machine) crane
    Synonym: guindastre
  4. trestle
    Synonym: trabanco
  5. (regional) horse
    Synonyms: besta, cabalo
  6. (games) a card game

References

  • “burro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “burro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “burro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbur.ro/
  • Rhymes: -urro
  • Hyphenation: bùr‧ro

Noun

burro m (plural burri)

  1. butter

Derived terms

  • burrata
  • burrificare
  • butirro
  • burroso
  • imburrare

Further reading

  • burro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • rubro

Latin

Adjective

būrrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Morelos Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

Noun

burro

  1. donkey

References

  • Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from burrico (small donkey), from Latin burricus (small horse), from burrus (red-brown), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, flame colored), from πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uʁu
  • Hyphenation: bur‧ro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey
    Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico
  2. a card game
  3. (derogatory) idiot, dunce
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

  • asino
  • burrito
  • zurrar

Noun

burro m (plural burros)

  1. sawhorse
  2. (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
    Synonym: pai-velho
  3. donkey engine
  4. (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
  5. (nautical) boom vang

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)

  1. stupid, dumb, idiotic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

Further reading

  • “burro” in iDicionário Aulete.
  • “burro” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  • “burro” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  • “burro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From borrico (donkey), from Latin burricus (small horse), from burrus (red-brown), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, flame colored), from πῦρ (pûr, fire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Syllabification: bu‧rro

Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

  1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
    Synonyms: asno, jumento
  2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
  3. (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
  4. sawhorse
  5. old maid (card game)
  6. burrito

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ayutla Mixtec: mburu
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj
  • Cora: puúruꞌu
  • English: burro
  • Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj
  • Morelos Nahuatl: burro
  • Oluta Popoluca: burru
  • Quechua: wuru
  • Taos: mùlduʼúna
  • Tataltepec Chatino: huru
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

See also

  • mula
  • burdégano

Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

  1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish
  2. (colloquial) brutish
  3. (colloquial) horny
  4. (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

Further reading

  • “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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