mamarracho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mamarracho.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.maˈʁa.ʃu/ [ma.maˈha.ʃu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.maˈʁa.ʃu/ [ma.maˈχa.ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.maˈʁa.ʃo/ [ma.maˈha.ʃo]
 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧mar‧ra‧cho

Noun

mamarracho m (plural mamarrachos)

  1. (art) a bad painting or sculpture
  2. (Portugal, architecture, informal) a very large or unpleasantly proportioned building
    Esse edifício é um mamarracho.
    That building is an eyesore.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From the earlier momarrache under the influence of mamar, itself from the earlier moharrache under the influence of momo (“funny face”), borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مهرج, ultimately from Arabic مُهَرِّج (muharrij).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mamaˈrat͡ʃo/ [ma.maˈra.t͡ʃo]
  • Rhymes: -atʃo
  • Syllabification: ma‧ma‧rra‧cho

Noun

mamarracho m (plural mamarrachos)

  1. (derogatory, colloquial) mess, disaster (something badly made)
    • 1972, “Quizás, Porque”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:
      Quizás, porque soy un gran artista / Puedo decir: "Tu pintura está lista" / Y darte orgulloso este mamarracho
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

mamarracho m (plural mamarrachos, feminine mamarracha, feminine plural mamarrachas)

  1. (derogatory, colloquial) buffoon, clown (ridiculous, badly dressed person)
    Synonyms: adefesio, payaso
    • 1878, Benito Pérez Galdós, Un voluntario realista:
      Eres un mamarracho..., pero chistosísimo... y con esa casaca... y esos humos de general.
      You are a buffoon..., but hilarious...and with jacket...and that conceit in general
    • 2015, Antonio Sosa Sánchez, El viviente y el averno:
      los mamarrachos continuaban con su locura, como si ya estuvieran ausentes a lo que les rodeaba.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: mamarratxo

References

Further reading

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