morro

See also: morrò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morro.

Noun

morro (plural morros)

1. A round hill or point of land.

Usage notes

• A Morro Castle is a castle on a hill.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmo.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmo.ro]

Noun

morro m (plural morros)

1. snout (long nose of an animal)

   Synonym: musell

Derived terms

• morrut

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.

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoro̝/

Noun

morro m (plural morros)

1. snout

   Synonym: fociño

2. (figurative, colloquial, in the plural) lips

   Synonym: beizos

Related terms

• Morrazo

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ʁu/
• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.ho]

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.

Noun

morro m (plural morros)

1. a landform with elevation intermediate between that of a hill and that of a small mountain
2. (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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *murrum, *morrum (“mound, hillock”), cognate with Occitan morre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoro/ [ˈmo.ro]

Noun

morro m (plural morros)

1. hill
2. snout (long nose of an animal)

   Synonyms: hocico, trompa

3. (figuratively) mouth

   Synonym: pico

4. hillock
5. cheek; cheekiness
6. pebble
7. headland

Derived terms

• amorrar
• andar al morro
• beber a morro
• echarle morro
• estar de morro
• estar de morros
• jugar al morro
• morrear
• pasar por los morros
• por el morro

 

Further reading

• “morro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16