marrano
See also: Marrano
English
Noun
marrano (plural marranos)
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Marrano: a Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /marˈra.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: mar‧rà‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marrani)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marrano,[1][2] from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram). Doublet of marrão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈhɐ̃.nu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ̃.nu/ [maˈχɐ̃.nu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʁɐ.no/ [maˈhɐ.no]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈʁɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐˈʁa.nu/
- Hyphenation: mar‧ra‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- (historical, derogatory) Marrano
- Synonym: criptojudeu
See also
- cristão-novo
- judeu
References
- ^ “marrano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “marrano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “marrano”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈrano/ [maˈra.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: ma‧rra‧no
Noun
marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)
- pig
- (colloquial, derogatory) pig (disgusting person)
- (historical, originally derogatory) crypto-Jew, converso, marrano (a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret)
Descendants
Adjective
marrano (feminine marrana, masculine plural marranos, feminine plural marranas)
Further reading
- “marrano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025