# burro
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ, -ɜːɹoʊ
* Homophone: borough (one pronunciation)

### Noun

burro (plural burros)
* A small donkey, especially when used as a pack animal or one that is feral and lives in the southwestern United States or northern Mexico.

#### Derived terms

* burrobrush
* burroweed

#### See also

* ass
* donkey
* hinny
* mule

### Anagrams

* Robur, rubor

## Albanian
### Noun

burro
* vocative of burrë

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbu.ru]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbu.ro]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)
* stupid, dumb

### Noun

burro m (plural burros)
* donkey
    Synonym: ase
* bedwarmer
    Synonym: escalfallits
* (games) donkey

### Further reading

* “burro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

### Noun

burro
* donkey.

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* burou, borou, bouerou, beure, bouèrou, beûryou, buro
* buyro (archaic)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin butyrum.

### Noun

burro m (plural burros) (ORB, broad)
* butter

### References

* beurre in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* burro in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.rʊ]
* Rhymes: -uro
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: bu‧rro

### Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)
* donkey, ass
    Synonym: asno
* fool; silly
    Synonyms: pastrán, parvo
* (machine) crane
    Synonym: guindastre
* trestle
    Synonym: trabanco
* (regional) horse
    Synonyms: besta, cabalo
* (games) a card game
    Synonym: xogo de cartas

### References

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Old French burre, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon). Doublet of butirro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbur.ro/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -urro
* Hyphenation: bùr‧ro

### Noun

burro m (plural burri)
* butter

#### Derived terms

* burrata
* burrificare
* butirro
* burroso
* imburrare

### Further reading

* burro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* rubro

## Latin
### Adjective

būrrō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

## Morelos Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

### Noun

burro
* donkey

### References

* Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Back-formation of burrico (“small donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈbu.ʁu/ [ˈbu.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbu.ʁo/ [ˈbu.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbu.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -uʁu
* Hyphenation: bur‧ro

### Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)
* donkey
    Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico
* a card game
* (derogatory) idiot, dunce
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

#### Derived terms

* a pensar morreu um burro
* amansa-burro
* amarrar o burro
* burrada
* burrana
* burrão (“augmentative”)
* burreco
* burreiro
* burricada
* burrice
* burrinho (“diminutive”)
* burro como uma porta
* burro de carga
* burro de sorte
* burro sem rabo
* burro-choro
* burro-mulato
* burrocracia
* burrocrata
* burroide
* cabeça-de-burro
* cor de burro quando foge
* dar com os burros n'água
* emburrar
* lavar a burra
* pai dos burros
* para burro
* peixe-burro
* quando um burro fala, o outro abaixa a orelha
* tratar burro a pão de ló
* vozes de burro não chegam ao céu

#### Related terms

* borla
* borra
* burla
* burrico
* expurgar
* fona
* pira
* pirilampo
* piro-
* piromania
* pirómano
* purgação
* purgar
* purgatório

#### See also

* asino
* burrito
* zurrar

### Noun

burro m (plural burros)
* sawhorse
* (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
    Synonym: pai-velho
* donkey engine
* (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
* (nautical) boom vang

### Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)
* stupid, dumb, idiotic
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

### Further reading

* “burro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “burro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “burro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “burro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -uro
* Syllabification: bu‧rro

### Noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)
* donkey, especially one used as a pack animal
    Synonyms: asno, jumento
* (slang) a dunce, an idiot
* (slang, figuratively) a well hung man
* sawhorse
* old maid (card game)
* burrito
* Aloysia polystachya

#### Derived terms

* anteburro
* burrero
* burrito
* burro de planchar
* como burro sin mecate
* el burro delante, para que no se espante
* el burro hablando de orejas
* hierba del burro
* lomo de burro
* mataburros
* no ver tres en un burro
* orejas de burro
* panza de burro
* pata de burro
* pie de burro
* poner a caer de un burro
* si entre burros te ves, rebuzna alguna vez
* té de burro
* tumbaburros

#### Descendants

* → Ayutla Mixtec: mburu
* → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj
* → Cora: puúruꞌu
* → English: burro
* → Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj
* → Morelos Nahuatl: burro
* → Oluta Popoluca: burru
* → Quechua: wuru
* → Taos: mùlduʼúna
* → Tataltepec Chatino: huru
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

#### See also

* mula
* burdégano

### Adjective

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)
* (colloquial) stupid, foolish
* (colloquial) brutish
* (colloquial) horny
* (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

### Further reading

* “burro”, 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