zurrón

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia (compare Basque zorro (“sack”)). Cognate with Asturian zurrón, Catalan sarró, Galician zurrón, Mirandese çurron, and Occitan sarroû, Portuguese surrão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θuˈron/ [θuˈrõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /suˈron/ [suˈrõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: zu‧rrón

Noun

zurrón m (plural zurrones)

1. a leather shoulder bag commonly used by shepherds
2. globe daisy

   Synonyms: cepillo, colubaria, globularia, siemprenjuta

3. Good King Henry, Lincolnshire spinach (Blitum bonus-henricus)

Further reading

• “zurrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014