burro

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊɹoʊ/, /ˈbɝoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊɹoʊ, -ɜːɹoʊ
• Homophone: borough (one pronunciation)

burro (plural burros)

1. 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.

• ass
• donkey
• hinny
• mule

• Robur, rubor

burro

1. vocative of burrë

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbu.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbu.ro]

• Audio (Valencia):

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burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burres)

1. stupid, dumb

burro m (plural burros)

1. donkey

   Synonym: ase

2. bedwarmer

   Synonym: escalfallits

3. (games) donkey

• “burro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

burro

1. donkey.

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

Inherited from Latin butyrum.

burro m (plural burros) (ORB, broad)

1. butter

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.rʊ]
• Rhymes: -uro

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bu‧rro

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey, ass

   Synonym: asno

2. fool; silly

   Synonyms: pastrán, parvo

3. (machine) crane

   Synonym: guindastre

4. trestle

   Synonym: trabanco

5. (regional) horse

   Synonyms: besta, cabalo

6. (games) a card game

   Synonym: xogo de cartas

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.ro/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -urro
• Hyphenation: bùr‧ro

burro m (plural burri)

1. butter

• burrata
• burrificare
• butirro
• burroso
• imburrare

• → Sidamo: buuro

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

• rubro

būrrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of būrrus

Borrowed from Spanish burro.

burro

1. donkey

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2005), Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de Cuentepec, Morelos‎^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F., México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., published 2006, page 9

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

• Rhymes: -uʁu
• Hyphenation: bur‧ro

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey

   Synonyms: asno, jegue, jumento, jerico

2. (derogatory) idiot, dunce

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

• asino
• burrito
• zurrar

burro m (plural burros)

1. sawhorse
2. (Brazil, university slang, dated) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)

   Synonym: pai-velho

3. donkey engine
4. (Angola) African striped grunt (Parapristipoma octolineatum)
5. (nautical) boom vang
6. (card games) a card game

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras, comparable, comparative mais burro, superlative o mais burro or burríssimo, diminutive burrinho, augmentative burrão)

1. stupid, dumb, idiotic

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

• “burro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “burro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “burro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “burro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈburo/ [ˈbu.ro]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: bu‧rro

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

1. donkey, especially one used as a pack animal

   Synonyms: asno, jumento

2. (slang) a dunce, an idiot
3. (slang, figuratively) a well-hung man
4. sawhorse
5. old maid (card game)
6. burrito
7. Aloysia polystachya

• → 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

• mula
• burdégano

burro (feminine burra, masculine plural burros, feminine plural burras)

1. (colloquial) stupid, foolish
2. (colloquial) brutish
3. (colloquial) horny
4. (colloquial, euphemistic, of a man) well-endowed

• “burro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025