babazorro

From baba (“bean”) +‎ zorro (“sack”).

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• Rhymes: -oro, -o
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧zo‧rro

babazorro (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) of, from or relating to the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain

babazorro inan or anim

1. (inanimate) bean sack
2. (animate, colloquial) native or inhabitant of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain

• “babazorro”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “babazorro”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Basque babazorro (literally “bean sack”).

• IPA^(key): /babaˈθoro/ [ba.β̞aˈθo.ro] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /babaˈsoro/ [ba.β̞aˈso.ro] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oro
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧zo‧rro

babazorro (feminine babazorra, masculine plural babazorros, feminine plural babazorras)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) of, from or relating to the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain

babazorro m (plural babazorros, feminine babazorra, feminine plural babazorras)

1. (colloquial, mildly derogatory) native or inhabitant of the province of Álava, Basque Country, Spain (usually male)

• “babazorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024