morro

See also: Morro, morrò, and morró

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish morro.

Noun

morro (plural morros)

1. A round hill or point of land.

Usage notes

• A Morro Castle is a castle on a hill.

Catalan

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

morro m (plural morros)

1. snout (long nose of an animal)

   Synonym: musell

2. nose (of a vehicle)

Derived terms

• amorrar
• beure a morro
• morral
• morrejar
• morrió
• morrut

Further reading

• “morro”, 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
• “morro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “morro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “morro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.