xarnego

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega, feminine plural xarnegues)

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

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