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Where does “porra” come from?

porra (Spanish) comes from Latin porrum, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥so- — leek.

porra (Spanish): club, baton, truncheon, night stick; thick type...

Definitions

  1. club, baton, truncheon, night stick; thick type...

Ancestry of “porra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinporrumleek; chives
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥so-leek

Words derived from “porra”

  • cachiporrear
  • cachiporrista
  • cachiporra
  • mamporrero
  • mamporro
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