zorra

See also: Zorra

Galician

Etymology

From zorro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθora̝/, (western) /ˈsora̝/

Adjective

zorra

feminine singular of zorro

Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)

sled, sledge for hauling loads
wagon (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads)

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zorra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zorra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zorra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ʁɐ/ [ˈzo.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ʁɐ/ [ˈzo.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ʁa/ [ˈzo.ha]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.ʁɐ/

Rhymes: -oʁɐ
Hyphenation: zor‧ra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)

sledge, dray

Derived terms

pegar de zorra

Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare Spanish zorra.

Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)

an old fox
(figurative) a plodder
(Portugal, regional, derogatory) a prostitute
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
(Brazil, colloquial) a mess

Spanish

Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Of unclear origin: perhaps from an unknown pre-Roman language, or perhaps from Basque azari/azeri (“fox”) (a third suggestion, which holds that the term derives from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable").^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθora/ [ˈθo.ra]
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsora/ [ˈso.ra]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -ora
Syllabification: zo‧rra

Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)

female equivalent of zorro; vixen; female fox
(colloquial) slut, prostitute
(colloquial) bitch (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman)
(colloquial) an attractive woman
(colloquial) a cunning woman
(colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.
(colloquial) drunkenness
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

Adjective

zorra f sg

feminine singular of zorro

References

^ 2012, A History of the Spanish Lexicon: A Linguistic Perspective →ISBN, page 39: "The initial attestations of Sp. zorro/zorra 'fox' are from the mid fifteenth century and appear almost exclusively in the feminine, employed in cancionero poetry, with reference to idle, immoral women (cf. mod. zorra 'prostitute'). […] DCECH may well be right in stating that zorro/zorra secondarily became a euphemistic designation for the dreaded fox (cf. raposo so used). […] The late initial documentation of zorro leads to the question [of] whether this word goes back to early Roman Spain or whether it is a later borrowing from Basque, a derivation, as noted above, challenged by Trask (1997: 421). Far from convincing is the unprovable hypothesis in DCECH that zorro goes back to a verb zorrar (whose authenticity I have been unable to verify), allegedly on onomatopoeic origin."

Galician

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Portuguese

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