charnego

Spanish

Etymology

From lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), applied to greyhounds. Compare Catalan xarnego/xarnec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaɾˈneɡo/ [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -eɡo
• Syllabification: char‧ne‧go

Noun

charnego m (plural charnegos, feminine charnega, feminine plural charnegas)

1. (Catalonia, often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
   • 2022 December 1, Raquel Vidales, “Juana Dolores, la nueva ‘enfant terrible’ de la cultura catalana: “Hay mucho silencio y autocensura en la literatura””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Se reivindicó también como charnega, anticapitalista de extrarradio y feminista.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Catalonia, often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan

Further reading

• “charnego”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10