バーロ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba̠ːɾo̞]

Etymology 1

Contraction of 馬鹿野郎 (baka yarō, literally “idiot bumpkin”). Compare English idjit.

Also encountered as longer form バーロー (bārō).

Alternative forms

• バーロー (bārō)

Noun

バーロ • (bāro) 

1. (dated, Edo) idiot, moron, nimrod
   • 2007 March 15, Gosho Aoyama, “ゴールデン・アイの巻(まき)【前(ぜん)編(ぺん)】 [Golden Eye [First Chapter]]”, in まじっく快(かい)斗(と) [Magic Kaito], volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:

     パリじゃ評(ひょう)判(ばん)になってるよ…フランスの怪(かい)盗(とう)黒猫(シャノワール)が日(にっ)本(ぽん)で君(きみ)と対(たい)決(けつ)するとね…

     Pari ja hyōban ni natteru yo… Furansu no kaitō Sha Nowāru ga Nippon de kimi to taiketsu suru to ne…

     News of the showdown in Japan… between the French phantom thief Chat Noir and you is spreading all over Paris…

     バーロ！対(たい)決(けつ)するのはオレじゃなくてキッドだよ！

     Bāro! Taiketsu suru no wa ore ja nakute Kiddo da yo!

     You nimrod! It’s between them and Kid, not me!

   • 2006 August 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)二(に)十(じゅい)一(いち)幕(まく)　「疾(しっ)風(ぷう)怒(ど)濤(とう)」 [Act 21: “Sturm und Drang”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story], kanzenban edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 17:

     つ…強(つえ)え…この二(ふた)人(り)組(ぐみ)強(つよ)過(す)ぎる‼

     Tsu…Tsuee… Kono futarigumi tsuyosugiru‼

     So… Strong… The two of them are so strong!!

     三(さん)人(にん)組(ぐみ)だ　バーロー‼

     Sanningumi da Bārō‼

     There’s three of us, morons!!

Further reading

• Entry in Nihon Jiten (in Japanese)

Etymology 2

From Spanish Barro.

Proper noun

バーロ • (Bāro) 

1. Barro (a municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain)