xarnego

Catalan

Alternative forms

xarnec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ʃərˈnɛ.ɣu]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɣo]

Noun

xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)

(often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
(often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan

See also

xurro

Further reading

“xarnego” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“xarnego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“xarnego” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“xarnego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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