gorra

English

Contraction

gorra

1. (informal, representing slurred pronunciation) Got a.

   You've gorra flippin' nerve showing your face round here.

Anagrams

• Garro

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gorra f (plural gorres)

1. cap, baseball cap
2. (Andorra, Urgell) barretina, a typical catalan beret

Derived terms

• de gorra
• gorrada
• gorrejar
• gorrer
• gorreter
• llevar-se la gorra

Further reading

• “gorra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “gorra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gorra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔrːa]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʊrɐ]

Verb

gorra

1. to put, place, set

Derived terms

• gorra a-bervedh (“insert”)

Mutation

Mutation of gorra

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
gorra	worra	unchanged	korra	hworra	worra

Spanish

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Middle French gorre, itself possibly from Old Occitan [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡora/ [ˈɡo.ra]
• Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: go‧rra

Noun

gorra f (plural gorras)

1. cap, baseball cap
   • 1972, “Mariel y el Capitán”, in Vida, performed by Sui Generis:

     Y cuando llega Mariel deja la gorra y sirve té con limón / O a lo mejor café

     And when Mariel arrives, he puts down his cap and serves tea with lemon / Or maybe coffee instead.

2. (slang, Argentina) cop

   Synonyms: tombo, paco, madero

Derived terms

• con la gorra
• de gorra
• gorra de plato (“peaked cap”)
• gorrón
• pasar la gorra (“to pass the hat around”) (idiom)
• pegar la gorra (“to sponge off”) (idiom)

Related terms

• gorro

Descendants

• → Cebuano: gora
• → Hiligaynon: gora
• → Tagalog: gora (dated)

Further reading

• “gorra”, 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