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]

  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: jor‧ro

Noun

jorro m (plural jorros, metaphonic)

  1. jet, squirt, gush
  2. (dated) spout, faucet (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Derived terms
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]

  • Rhymes: -ɔʁu
  • Hyphenation: jor‧ro

Verb

jorro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of jorrar

References

  1. ^ “jorro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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