# zorra
## Albanian
### Noun

zorra
* definite nominative singular of zorrë

## Galician
### Etymology

From zorro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈθora̝/, (western) /ˈsora̝/

### Adjective

zorra
* feminine singular of zorro

### Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)
* sled, sledge for hauling loads
* wagon (four-wheeled cart for hauling loads)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zorra”, 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), “zorra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zorra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈzo.ʁɐ/ [ˈzo.hɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈzo.ʁɐ/ [ˈzo.hɐ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈzo.ʁɐ/ [ˈzo.χɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈzo.ʁa/ [ˈzo.ha]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈzo.ʁɐ/
* Rhymes: -oʁɐ
* Hyphenation: zor‧ra

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)
* sledge, dray

##### Derived terms

* pegar de zorra

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Compare Spanish zorra.

#### Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)
* an old fox
* (figurative) a plodder
* (Portugal, regional, derogatory) a prostitute
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
* (Brazil, colloquial) a mess

## Spanish
### Etymology

First attested in the 15th century. Of unclear origin: perhaps from an unknown pre-Roman language, or perhaps from Basque azari/azeri (“fox”) (a third suggestion, which holds that the term derives from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈθora/ [ˈθo.ra]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsora/ [ˈso.ra]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ora
* Syllabification: zo‧rra

### Noun

zorra f (plural zorras)
* female equivalent of zorro; vixen; female fox
* (colloquial) slut, prostitute
* (colloquial) bitch (despicable or disagreeable, aggressive person, usually a woman)
* (colloquial) an attractive woman
* (colloquial) a cunning woman
* (colloquial) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.
* (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

#### Derived terms

* atún de zorra
* cola de zorra
* zorra gris

### Adjective

zorra f sg
* feminine singular of zorro

### 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 on 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