charnego

Spanish

Etymology

From lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), applied to greyhounds. Compare Catalan xarnego/xarnec.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/ [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: char‧ne‧go

Noun

charnego m (plural charnegos, feminine charnega, feminine plural charnegas)

  1. (Catalonia, often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
    • 2022 December 1, Raquel Vidales, “Juana Dolores, la nueva ‘enfant terrible’ de la cultura catalana: “Hay mucho silencio y autocensura en la literatura””, in El País‎:
      Se reivindicó también como charnega, anticapitalista de extrarradio y feminista.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Catalonia, often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan

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