porra

See also: porrá, and porrà

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin porrum (“leek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.ra]

Noun

porra f (plural porres)

1. club, baton

   Synonym: bastó

2. (of a pool cue) butt

   Coordinate term: fletxa

3. (colloquial) sweepstake

Further reading

• “porra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “porra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “porra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Hungarian

Etymology

por +‎ -ra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈporːɒ]
• Hyphenation: por‧ra

Noun

porra

1. sublative singular of por

Latin

Noun

porra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of porrum

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• p**** (censored)

Etymology

From porro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/ [ˈpo.hɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/ [ˈpo.hɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/ [ˈpo.χɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ʁa/ [ˈpo.ha]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ʁɐ/

• Rhymes: -oʁɐ
• Hyphenation: por‧ra

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Noun

porra f (plural porras)

1. (archaic) club (heavy stick used as a weapon)

   Synonyms: moca, porrete

2. (Brazil, vulgar) cum, spunk (UK), spooge (US), jizz, jizzum, jism

   Synonyms: (vulgar) esporra, esperma, sêmen

3. (Brazil, vulgar, pornography) cumshot (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonym: ejaculação

4. (Portugal, vulgar, obsolete) dick, cock

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

5. (informal or vulgar) shit, fuck; (often worthless) stuff, thing

   Synonyms: caralho, droga, merda, porcaria

   Tire esta porra daqui! ― Get this shit out of here!

   Mas que porra é esta? Não foi isso que pedi.

   What the fuck is this? That's not what I ordered.

   • 2018, “Brasil”, performed by Soulfly:

     Vamos detonar essa porra
     Vamos levantar poeira

     Let's fuck this shit up
     Let's raise dust

Derived terms

• porreiro, porra louca

Related terms

• porrete

Interjection

porra!

1. (informal or vulgar, intensifier) fuck; crap (remark of anger and an unwelcome surprise)

   Synonyms: carago, caralho, droga, fónix, merda

   Porra! Para com isso, porra! ― Fuck! Quit it, goddamit!

Usage notes

• The sense of the intensifier and the interjection is merely informal in Portugal, while being vulgar in Brazil.

Romani

Noun

porra

1. nominative plural of porr

Spanish

Una porra policial (A baton/truncheon/nightstick)

Dos porras en un plato (A couple of thick churros on a plate)

Etymology

From Latin porrum (“leek”). Compare English porray (“a type of stew”), as well as English porridge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpora/ [ˈpo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: po‧rra

Noun

porra f (plural porras)

1. club, baton, truncheon, nightstick (a baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer)

   Synonyms: clava, cachiporra

2. (Spain) thick type of churro

   Coordinate term: churro

3. (colloquial) sweepstake (about an event, e.g. a football match)
4. fan, crowd, supporters (especially political)

   Synonym: barra

5. cheer, from a crowd of supporters

Derived terms

• a la porra
• aporrear
• cachiporra
• echar porras
• porrazo
• una porra

 

Interjection

porra

1. no way! hell no!

   Synonym: una porra

Adjective

porra

1. feminine singular of porro

Further reading

• “porra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28