panarra

Catalan

FWOTD – 29 April 2013

Etymology

From pa (bread).

Pronunciation

Adjective

panarra (masculine and feminine plural panarres)

  1. (of a person) who eats a lot of bread, bread-loving
    • 1887, Bosch de la Trinxeria, Recorts d'un excursionista, page 38:
      Com és tan panarra, quan ha acabat lo pa, sol pendre lo pa de sos veins.
      Since he is so bread-loving, when he has finished the bread, he usually steals that of his neighbors.

Synonyms


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *pennaria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈnara/

Noun

panarra m (plural panarras)

  1. bat (winged mammal)
    • Había un panarra viviendo en el desván de la casa.
      There was a bat living in the house's attic.
    Synonym: murciélago
  2. (colloquial) simpleton
    Synonyms: bobo, ingenuo, simplón, tonto

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