zamarra
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
zamarro
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /zəˈmɑɹə/, /səˈmɑɹə/
=== Noun ===
zamarra (plural zamarras)
sheepskin
A sheepskin coat worn in parts of Spain
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
chamarra
=== Etymology ===
Attested, in Galician, since the 15th century (çamarra). Probably ultimately from Basque zamar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ara
Hyphenation: za‧ma‧rra
=== Noun ===
zamarra f (plural zamarras)
coat
1414, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 103:
(dated) sheepskin coat
=== References ===
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “zamarra”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zamarra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “zamarra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zamarra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Basque zamarra, zamar (“sheepskin”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /θaˈmara/ [θaˈma.ra] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
IPA(key): /saˈmara/ [saˈma.ra] (Latin America, Philippines)
Rhymes: -ara
Syllabification: za‧ma‧rra
=== Noun ===
zamarra f (plural zamarras)
zamarra; sheepskin
zamarra (coat)
(sports) shirt; jersey; top
=== Further reading ===
“zamarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025