borrego

Variant form of borrec (“young sheep”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈrɛ.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [boˈrɛ.ɣo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [boˈre.ɣo]

borrego m (plural borregos)

1. a kind of biscotti flavoured with anise, a specialty of Cardedeu
2. old maid (an unpopped popcorn kernel)

   Synonyms: agüelo, frare

• “borrego” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “borrego”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “borrego”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish borrego.

• Hyphenation: bor‧re‧go

borrego m (plural borregos)

1. lamb

   Coordinate term: cordeiro

   ensopado de borrego ― lamb stew

   perna de borrego ― leg of lamb

2. (figurative) lamb (docile person)

• “borrego”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From borra (“year-old sheep”).

• IPA^(key): /boˈreɡo/ [boˈre.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: bo‧rre‧go

borrego (feminine borrega, masculine plural borregos, feminine plural borregas)

1. (derogatory) simple-minded

borrego m (plural borregos, feminine borrega, feminine plural borregas)

1. sheep around its second year of age
2. (figurative) sheep, lemming
   • 2016, “Black Mirror”, in Trap Mirror, performed by Los Chikos del Maíz:

     Pero sigamos consumiendo que no pasa nada; seamos borregos, seamos manada / Que por suerte el ser humano, vaya / También tiene obsolescencia programada

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borrego m (plural borregos)

1. a woolly, white cloud reminiscent of a sheep

• → Portuguese: borrego

• “borrego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024