xarnego

Catalan

Alternative forms

• xarnec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lucharniego or nocharniego (“nocturnal”), originally applied to greyhounds. Compare Spanish charnego.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʃərˈnɛ.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɣo]

Noun

xarnego m (plural xarnegos, feminine xarnega)

1. (often derogatory, original meaning) a person who is of mixed Catalan and other descent; compare English mongrel
2. (often derogatory) a Spaniard who lives in Catalonia and cannot speak Catalan

See also

• xurro

Further reading

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