gorra
English
editContraction
editgorra
- (informal, representing slurred pronunciation) Got a.
- You've gorra flippin' nerve showing your face round here.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgorra f (plural gorres)
- cap, baseball cap
- (Andorra, Urgell) barretina, a typical catalan beret
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “gorra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “gorra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
edit- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡɔrːa]
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡʊrɐ]
Verb
editgorra
Derived terms
edit- gorra a-bervedh (“insert”)
Mutation
editSpanish
editEtymology
editUnknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgorra f (plural gorras)
- cap, baseball cap
- 1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:
- Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café
- And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.
- (slang, Argentina) cop
Derived terms
edit- con la gorra
- de gorra
- gorra de plato (“peaked cap”)
- gorrón
- pasar la gorra (“to pass the hat around”) (idiom)
- pegar la gorra (“to sponge off”) (idiom)
Related terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “gorra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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