zafarrancho

Spanish

Etymology

zafar +‎ rancho

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θafaˈrant͡ʃo/ [θa.faˈrãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /safaˈrant͡ʃo/ [sa.faˈrãnʲ.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -antʃo
• Syllabification: za‧fa‧rran‧cho

Noun

zafarrancho m (plural zafarranchos)

1. (nautical) clearing the decks
2. (colloquial) destruction
3. (colloquial) rumpus, quarrel, row, shindy, dustup

Further reading

• “zafarrancho”, 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