jorro

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish chorro (“jet, flow”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo.ʁu/ [ˈʒo.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo.ʁu/ [ˈʒo.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo.ʁo/ [ˈʒo.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒo.ʁu/

Rhymes: -oʁu
Hyphenation: jor‧ro

Noun

jorro m (plural jorros, metaphonic)

jet, squirt, gush
(dated) spout, faucet (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

jorrar

Descendants

→ Japanese: じょろ

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.ʁu/ [ˈʒɔ.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.ʁu/ [ˈʒɔ.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.ʁo/ [ˈʒɔ.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔ.ʁu/

Rhymes: -ɔʁu
Hyphenation: jor‧ro

Verb

jorro

first-person singular present indicative of jorrar

References

^ “jorro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026