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mouro.

Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Brazil[ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Portugal/ˈmow.ɾu/Northern, Portugal
  1. Moorish (of or relating to the Moors)

    not-comparable
  2. relative to Lisbon or the South of Portugal

    Northern · Portugal · colloquial · derogatory · mildly · not-comparable
  3. Muslim; Islamic

    historical · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.

noun/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Brazil[ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Portugal/ˈmow.ɾu/Northern, Portugal
  1. Moor (member of the Berber people of northwestern Africa)

    masculine
  2. Moor (member of the Islamic peoples who invaded Iberia in the Middle Ages)

    masculine
  3. a Muslim of any ethnicity; Mussulman

    historical · masculine
  4. a Lisboner or from the South of Portugal

    Northern · Portugal · colloquial · derogatory · masculine · mildly
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mouro (“Moor”), from Latin Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek μαυρός (maurós, “dark”). Doublet of Mauro and moro.

noun/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Brazil[ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Portugal/ˈmow.ɾu/Northern, Portugal
  1. synonym of mouro encantado

    Iberian · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Paleo-Hispanic.

verb/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Brazil[ˈmo(ʊ̯).ɾu]Brazil/ˈmo(w).ɾu/Portugal/ˈmow.ɾu/Northern, Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of mourar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

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