noun, feminine/bu.ʁik/plural: bourriques
she-ass, jenny (female donkey); donkey; mule; ass, idiot; a very stubborn person
Synonyms: ânesse
Borrowed from Spanish borrico (“donkey”) or from Occitan borrica (“jenny”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red, reddish-brown”), which is itself from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).