Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marrano

/məˈɹɑːnəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: mar-ra-no
IPA: /məˈɹɑːnəʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative letter-case form of Marrano: a Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.

noun

Any of the Sephardi Jews who stayed in Iberia during the Spanish Inquisition, and continued to practice Judaism in secret.

Example Sentences

"Look at the Crypto-Jews, the Marranos, who for centuries lived a double life, outwardly Christians, but handing down secretly from generation to generation the faith, the traditions, the observances of Judaism."
"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."

Etymology

From Spanish marrano, of disputed origin. Perhaps a transferred use of marrano (“hog”), but many sources regard them as distinct words. Doublet of Muharram.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: marrano, ح ر م

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /məˈɹɑːnəʊ/

Inflected Forms

marranos (plural)

Derived Forms

Marranic Marranism

Frequently Paired Words

Anusim

Synonyms

converso crypto-Jew

Questions

How do you pronounce marrano?: The recorded pronunciation is /məˈɹɑːnəʊ/.
What does marrano mean?: Alternative letter-case form of Marrano: a Jew who converted to Catholicism under threat or force.
Where does marrano come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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