zurdo
Galician
Etymology
Likely from Paleo-HispanicCategory:Galician terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate#ZURDO.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /ˈθuɾdo/ [ˈθuɾ.ð̞ʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ZURDO
- IPA(key): (seseo) /ˈsuɾdo/ [ˈsuɾ.ð̞ʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ZURDO
- Rhymes: -uɾdoCategory:Rhymes:Galician/uɾdo#ZURDOCategory:Rhymes:Galician/uɾdo/2 syllables#ZURDO
- Hyphenation: zur‧do
Adjective
zurdo (feminine zurda, masculine plural zurdos, feminine plural zurdas)Category:Galician lemmas#ZURDOCategory:Galician adjectives#ZURDOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ZURDOCategory:Pages with entries#ZURDOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ZURDO
Spanish
Etymology
Likely from Paleo-HispanicCategory:Spanish terms derived from a Paleo-Hispanic substrate#ZURDO.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθuɾdo/ [ˈθuɾ.ð̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ZURDOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ZURDO
- IPA(key): /ˈsuɾdo/ [ˈsuɾ.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#ZURDOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ZURDO
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ZURDOAudio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -uɾdoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uɾdo#ZURDOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/uɾdo/2 syllables#ZURDO
- Syllabification: zur‧do
Adjective
zurdo (feminine zurda, masculine plural zurdos, feminine plural zurdas)Category:Spanish lemmas#ZURDOCategory:Spanish adjectives#ZURDOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ZURDOCategory:Pages with entries#ZURDOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ZURDO
- left-handed
- Antonym: diestro
Noun
zurdo m (plural zurdos, feminine zurda, feminine plural zurdas)Category:Spanish lemmas#ZURDOCategory:Spanish nouns#ZURDOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#ZURDOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ZURDOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#ZURDOCategory:Pages with entries#ZURDOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ZURDO
- left-handed person, lefty
- (derogatoryCategory:Spanish derogatory terms#ZURDO, RioplatenseCategory:Rioplatense Spanish#ZURDO) left-winger, leftist, lefty
- Synonyms: (often pejorative) rojo, (often pejorative) progre, izquierdista
Further reading
- “zurdo”, 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