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marrano

/maˈrano/

noun, masculine/maˈrano/plural: marranos

pig; pig (disgusting person); crypto-Jew, converso, marrano (a converted Jew who still practiced Judaism in secret)

Synonyms: cochino, gocho, cerdo, chancho, puerco, guarro

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.

adjective/maˈrano/

dirty

Synonyms: sucio, cochino, puerco

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَرَّم (muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.