esbirro

Borrowed from Spanish esbirro, from Italian sbirro.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əzˈbi.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əzˈbi.ro]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ezˈbi.ro]

esbirro m (plural esbirros)

1. bailiff, constable

   Synonyms: algutzir, galifardeu

2. henchman, killer

   Synonym: sicari

3. (colloquial) ruffian

• “esbirro”, 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

• espirro

esbirro m (plural esbirros)

1. sneeze

• esbirrar

esbirro

1. first-person singular present indicative of esbirrar

Borrowed from Italian sbirro.

• IPA^(key): /esˈbiro/ [ezˈβ̞i.ro]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Syllabification: es‧bi‧rro

esbirro m (plural esbirros)

1. henchman, hired thug

• → Catalan: esbirro

• “esbirro”, 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