zarria

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque txar (“faulty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθarja/ [ˈθa.rja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsarja/ [ˈsa.rja]
• Rhymes: -arja
• Syllabification: za‧rria

Noun

zarria f (plural zarrias)

1. rag, tatter

   Synonym: harapo

Further reading

• “zarrio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28