burro
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
- (slang) a dunce, an idiot
- (slang) a well hung man
- sawhorse
- old maid card game
- burrito
Etymology
Derived from Latin burricus (small horse) derived from Ancient Greek πυρρός (flame colored, red, flame-colored, tawny, pink, brownish red, fiery).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πυρρός
Gloss
flame colored, red, flame-colored, tawny, pink, brownish red, fiery
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
赤
Emoji
❤️ 🀄️ 🌶️ 🌹 🍅 🍉 🍎 🍑 🍒 🎪 🏮 😡 😻 🚒 🚥 🚦 🥀 🥊 🦊
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- burrito English
- burro English
- burrobrush English
- burricus Latin
- burrus Latin
- pyrrhulus Latin
- Burrito German
- ante Spanish, Castilian
- anteburro Spanish, Castilian
- borrico Spanish, Castilian
- burrito Spanish, Castilian
- burro de planchar Spanish, Castilian
- de Spanish, Castilian
- mataburros Spanish, Castilian
- matar Spanish, Castilian
- planchar Spanish, Castilian
- tumbaburros Spanish, Castilian
- tumbar Spanish, Castilian
- πυρροκόραξ Ancient Greek
- πυρρός Ancient Greek
- πῦρ Ancient Greek
- burro Portuguese
- burrito Polish
- burro Galician
- kargaburo Cebuano
- kargadeburo Cebuano
- lata wuru Quechua
- wuru Quechua
- puro Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- purojpi̱a Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- purolama Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- puromi̱jqui̱ Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- bo̱rrojtatas Mecayapan Nahuatl
- tatas Mecayapan Nahuatl
- burro Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
- mùldu’úna Taos
- huru Tataltepec Chatino
- burr Yatzachi Zapotec
- bu̱rroj Highland Puebla Nahuatl
- burro Morelos Nahuatl
- puúruꞌu Cora
- burru Oluta Popoluca
- mburu Ayutla Mixtec
- vurru Sinicahua Mixtec