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noun, masculine

charnego

/t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/

noun, masculine/t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/plural: charnegos

a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel or Basque maketo.; a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan

Se reivindicó también como charnega, anticapitalista de extrarradio y feminista.

From lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), applied to greyhounds. Compare Catalan xarnego/xarnec.