morro
See also: morrò
English
Etymology
Noun
morro (plural morros)
Usage notes
- A Morro Castle is a castle on a hill.
Catalan
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
morro m (plural morros)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “morro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “morro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “morro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “morro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. From Vulgar Latin *murrum (“snout”); the word extends along the Iberian peninsula, southern France, Italy and south Germany, and is perhaps originally onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
morro m (plural morros)
- snout
- Synonym: fociño
- (figurative, colloquial, in the plural) lips
- Synonym: beizos
Related terms
References
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmo.ʁu/
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Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.
Noun
morro m (plural morros)
- a landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain
- (Brazil, especially Rio de Janeiro) a slum built on a hill or on uneven ground
See also
- (hill): cerro (usually smaller than a morro), colina (smaller than a morro), monte (larger than a morro), outeiro
- (slum): bairro de lata (Portugal), favela (Brazil), musseque (Angola)
Etymology 2
Inflected form of morrer (“to die”).
Verb
morro
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.
Pronunciation
Noun
morro m (plural morros)
- hill
- snout (long nose of an animal)
- (figuratively) mouth
- Synonym: pico
- hillock
- cheek; cheekiness
- pebble
- headland
Derived terms
Further reading
- “morro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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