# charro
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charro (“cowboy”).

### Noun

charro (plural charros)
* A type of Mexican horseman.
** 2007 August 21, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times‎:The star is Jorge Negrete, a tall baritone with a pencil mustache who appeared as a singing charro in a few dozen ranchero musicals.
** 2006 July 28, Susannah J. Felts, “Wanna See Something Really Weird?”, in Chicago Reader‎:The show features a revolving roster of "freaks" both born and made: at Ozzfest the former included Jessie the Half-Boy; a "wolf-boy" from Mexico dressed in a charro suit and sombrero; and the aforementioned Punkin Head, aka Scott the Cyclops, who capitalizes on his empty eye socket with various props including, as Harck promises, his own tongue.
** 1994 May 6, Carmela Rago, “Not From Around Here”, in Chicago Reader‎:But he's also evolved from the mythic Mexican cowboy of the 19th century, the charro, who even if he had nothing else had balls.
* (usually in the plural) Short for charro bean.

### Anagrams

* orrach

## Asturian
### Verb

charro
* first-person singular present indicative of charrar

## Galician
### Etymology

Unknown. Attested in Galician since circa 1539, earlier than in other Iberian languages, which makes the proposed Basque etymology less probable. Compare Asturian charru.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaro̝/

### Adjective

charro (feminine charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras)
* simple, unintelligent, silly
** 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:Deus nos dia con que riamos, e non sejan fillos charrosMay God give us something to laugh, but that it is not silly children
* gaudy, tasteless

### Noun

charro m (plural charros)
* (linguistics) transitional dialect in between Galician and Asturian, in some regions of León

#### Derived terms

* charrúa

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “charro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “charro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “charro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Pensado, José Luis, Messner, Dieter (2003) “charro”, in Bachiller Olea: Vocabulos gallegos escuros: lo que quieren decir (Cadernos de Lingua: anexos; 7)‎, A Coruña: Real Academia Galega / Galaxia, →ISBN.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish charro, from Basque txar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁu/ [ˈʃa.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁu/ [ˈʃa.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁu/ [ˈʃa.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁo/ [ˈʃa.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃa.ʁu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -aʁu
* Hyphenation: char‧ro

### Adjective

charro (feminine charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras, comparable)
* rude; rough

### Noun

charro m (plural charros)
* (Portugal, colloquial) joint, a cigarette containing cannabis
    Synonyms: (Portugal) paiva, (Brazil) baseado, (Brazil) beque
    Queres fumar um charro? ― Do you want to smoke a joint?

### References

* ↑ “charro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* ↑ “charro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Basque txar (“defective, weak”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃaro/ [ˈt͡ʃa.ro]
* Rhymes: -aro
* Syllabification: cha‧rro

### Adjective

charro (feminine charra, masculine plural charros, feminine plural charras)
* coarse, vulgar
    Synonym: chabacano
* rustic
    Synonym: aldeano
* (slang, Texas) Ellipsis of frijoles a la charra.: pinto or pink beans boiled with condiments but otherwise plain and simple
* of, from or relating to Salamanca
    Synonyms: salamanquino, salmantino

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: charro

### Noun

charro m (plural charros, feminine charra, feminine plural charras)
* one who is rustic or coarse
    Synonym: pueblerino
* native or inhabitant of Salamanca (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: salamanquino, salmantino
* (Mexico) a traditional postindependence Mexican horseman

### Interjection

¡charro!
* (El Salvador) Used to warn to keep silence, be careful or discreet.
    Synonym: charros

### Further reading

* “charro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “charro” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010