# zorro
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zorro.

### Noun

zorro (plural zorros)
* A South American canid of the species Lycalopex culpaeus, visually similar to (and sometimes referred to as) a fox but more closely related to a wolf.

#### Synonyms

* raposa
* South American fox

#### Hyponyms

* culpeo

#### Derived terms

* Azara's zorro
* colpeo zorro
* common zorro
* crab-eating zorro
* Darwin's zorro
* gray zorro
* grey zorro
* hoary zorro
* Sechuran zorro
* short-eared zorro

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s̻oro/ [s̻o.ro]
* IPA: (most dialects) /s̻oro/ [s̻o.ro]
* IPA: (Biscayan) /s̺oro/ [s̺o.ro]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: zo‧rro

### Noun

zorro inan
* bag
    Synonym: poltsa

#### Derived terms

* zakil-zorro (“loincloth”)

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: zurrón

## Galician
### Etymology

Unknown. Attested since the 13th century. Cognate with Spanish zorro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθoro/ [ˈθo.rʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈθoro/ [ˈθo.rʊ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈsoro/ [ˈso.rʊ]
* Rhymes: -oro
* Hyphenation: zo‧rro

### Adjective

zorro (feminine zorra, masculine plural zorros, feminine plural zorras)
* slow
    Synonym: lento
* humid
    Synonym: lento

### Noun

zorro m (plural zorros)
* bastard son
    Synonym: bastardo
* sled, sledge used for moving loads

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “zorro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “zorro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zorro”, 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), “zorro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zorro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “zorra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Spanish
### Etymology

First attested in the 15th century, chiefly in the feminine form zorra. Of unclear origin:
* perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. If so, it may be related to Spanish perro,
* perhaps from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, sorrel”), or
* perhaps from Basque azeri (“fox”).
* A fourth suggestion, that the term derives from a verb *zorrar from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθoro/ [ˈθo.ro]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsoro/ [ˈso.ro]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -oro
* Syllabification: zo‧rro

### Noun

zorro m (plural zorros, feminine zorra, feminine plural zorras)
* fox (carnivore)
    Synonym: zorra
* (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatán) opossum
    Synonyms: zarigüeya, (Mexico) tlacuache
* skunk
    Synonyms: zorrillo, zorrino, mofeta
* (by extension, figuratively) fox (sly or cunning person)
* (Argentina) jack (device used to raise and temporarily support a heavy object)
* (by extension, figuratively) beacon

#### Derived terms

* estar hecho unos zorros
* tiburón zorro
* zorrear
* zorro cangrejero
* zorro cola pelada
* zorro coleto
* zorro de agua
* zorro de balsa
* zorro de Yucatán
* zorro espín
* zorro gris
* zorro hediondo
* zorro isleño
* zorro patagónico
* zorro plateado

### Adjective

zorro (feminine zorra, masculine plural zorros, feminine plural zorras)
* (figurative) clever, crafty, sly

#### Derived terms

* a lo zorro
* no tener ni zorra idea

### References

* ↑ 2012, A History of the Spanish Lexicon: A Linguistic Perspective →ISBN, page 39: "The initial attestations of Sp. zorro/zorra 'fox' are from the mid fifteenth century and appear almost exclusively in the feminine, employed in cancionero poetry, with reference to idle, immoral women (cf. mod. zorra 'prostitute'). […] DCECH may well be right in stating that zorro/zorra secondarily became a euphemistic designation for the dreaded fox (cf. raposo so used). […] The late initial documentation of zorro leads to the question [of] whether this word goes back to early Roman Spain or whether it is a later borrowing from Basque, a derivation, as noted above, challenged by Trask (1997: 421). Far from convincing is the unprovable hypothesis in DCECH that zorro goes back to a verb zorrar (whose authenticity I have been unable to verify), allegedly of onomatopoeic origin."

### Further reading

* “zorro”, 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
* Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 599