panarra

Catalan

FWOTD – 29 April 2013

Etymology

From pa (“bread”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

panarra m or f (masculine and feminine plural panarres)

1. (of a person) who eats a lot of bread, bread-loving

   Synonyms: paner, panisser

   • 1887, Bosch de la Trinxeria, Recorts d'un excursionista, page 38:

     Com és tan panarra, quan ha acabat lo pa, sol pendre lo pa de sos veins.

     Since he is so bread-loving, when he has finished the bread, he usually steals that of his neighbors.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin *pennaria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈnara/ [paˈna.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: pa‧na‧rra

Noun

panarra m (plural panarras)

1. bat (winged mammal)

   Synonym: murciélago

   Había un panarra viviendo en el desván de la casa.

   There was a bat living in the house's attic.

2. (colloquial) simpleton

   Synonyms: bobo, ingenuo, simplón, tonto

Further reading

• “panarra”, 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