Where does “marranada” come from?

marranada (Catalan) comes from Catalan marrà, from Spanish marrano, from Arabic مُحَرَّم, from Arabic حَرَّمَ — to forbid.

marranada (Catalan): dirty trick

Definitions

  1. dirty trick

Ancestry of “marranada”, step by step

marranada traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan marrà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmarràram; stubborn; pig, boar
2Spanishmarranopig; converted Jew
3Arabicمُحَرَّمforbidden
4Arabicحَرَّمَto forbid

via Catalan Ada

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanAda—
Every word from Arabic حَرَّمَ →Every word from Arabic مُحَرَّم →Every word from Spanish marrano →