marro

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

Probably from French marc.

marro m (plural marros)

1. grounds, lees (residue from brewing or steeping)

   Synonym: trascolins

2. (figurative) confusion

   Synonyms: embolic, embull

   • 2020, Àngel Casas, Sidonie té més d'un amant‎^[1], Univers Llibres, →ISBN:

     —Uf, quin marro, tio! —Sí, jo estava realment amoïnat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Deverbal from marrar.

marro m (plural marros)

1. a name for various strategy board games

marro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marrar

• “marro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “marro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “marro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

marro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marrar

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaro/ [ˈma.ro]
• Rhymes: -aro
• Syllabification: ma‧rro

Deverbal from marrar.

marro m (plural marros)

1. (uncountable) a kind of tag game
2. (countable) a dodging movement in the above game
3. (uncountable) synonym of calva (game)
4. (countable) an object similar to a tack used in the game of calva

marro

1. first-person singular present indicative of marrar

• “marro”, 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