etarra
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
etarra m or f (masculine and feminine plural etarres)
- (relational) of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna; a Basque nationalist terrorist group)
Noun
etarra m or f by sense (plural etarres)
- member of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
- 2023 May 16, Juan Ruiz Sierra et al., “La Moncloa, sobre la renúncia dels set exetarres de Bildu: «Avui se li pot acabar la campanya a Feijóo»”, in El Periódico[1], Política:
- La llei espanyola permet participar en la vida política a tots els nivells malgrat haver sigut condemnat per aquest tipus de delictes i etarres i exdirigents de la banda terrorista s'han presentat a les eleccions en nombroses ocasions en les últimes dècades.
- The law of Spain permits participation in all levels of political life despite having been charged with this type of crime and former members and leaders of the terrorist group have contested elections on numerous occasions in the last decades.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “etarra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Galician
Adjective
etarra m or f (plural etarras)
- ETA, of ETA (relating to ETA; Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
Noun
etarra m or f by sense (plural etarras)
- member of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
Further reading
- “etarra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈta.ʁɐ/ [eˈta.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eˈta.ʁɐ/ [eˈta.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈta.ʁa/ [eˈta.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /iˈta.ʁɐ/
- Hyphenation: e‧tar‧ra
Adjective
etarra m or f (plural etarras)
- ETA, of ETA (relating to ETA; Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
Noun
etarra m or f by sense (plural etarras)
- member of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)
Further reading
- “etarra”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “etarra”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From ETA + Basque -tar. This word wasn't borrowed from Basque, since in Basque the suffix -tar is only used to form demonyms (the equivalent word in Basque is etakide).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈtara/ [eˈt̪a.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: e‧ta‧rra
Adjective
etarra m or f (masculine and feminine plural etarras)
- ETA, of ETA (relating to ETA)
- 2020 July 9, “Pedro Sánchez pide un “nuevo plan Marshall” europeo tras la derrota de Calviño para presidir el Eurogrupo”, in El País[2]:
- Sánchez ha comenzado su intervención con un recordatorio a las víctimas de la violencia etarra como fuente de inspiración en alusión al ataque sobre la tumba profanada del político socialista asesinado por ETA Fernando Buesa.
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Noun
etarra m or f by sense (plural etarras)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “etarra”, 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
- “etarra” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.