English

Noun

Marrano ‎(plural Marranos)

1. (historical) Any of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret.
   • 1999, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage 2010, p. 161:

     In the Portuguese universities, the Marranos had studied logic, physics, medicine and mathematics, but they had no expertise in the more intuitive disciplines of Jewish practice.

Derived terms

• Marranic
• Marranism

Translations

Italian

Noun

marrano m ‎(plural marrani)

1. boor
2. traitor

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish marrano.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈʁɐ.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ˈʁɐ.nu/
• Hyphenation: mar‧ra‧no

Noun

marrano m (plural marranos, feminine marrana, feminine plural marranas)

1. (historical, pejorative) Marrano

Synonyms

• criptojudeu

See also

• cristão-novo
• judeu

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحَرَّم ‎(muḥarram, “forbidden”) as referring to pigs.

Noun

marrano m ‎(plural marranos, feminine marrana)

1. pig
2. (colloquial, pejorative) pig (disgusting person)