porra

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porra

feminine noun

1. club (palo); truncheon (de policía) (British), nightstick (United States)

2. = deep-fried pastry stick

3. sweepstake (informal) (para apuesta) (peninsular Spanish) (among friends or work colleagues)

4. fans (sport) (hinchas) (Mexican Spanish) (among friends or work colleagues)

5. (expresiones) (informal)

mandar a alguien a la porra (among friends or work colleagues) -> to tell somebody to go to hell
¿por qué/dónde porras…? -> why/where the blazes…?
¡una porra! -> no way! not bloody likely!

interjection

6. (informal)

¡porras! -> hell!, damn it!

porra [por’-rah]

noun

1. Stick with a large head or thick knob at the end (palo); club. (f)

2. The last player in certain games. (f)

3. (coll.) Vanity, boast, presumption. (f)

4. (coll.) A stupid, heavy, ignorant person. (f)

5. Curl (mechón). (Andes) (f)

6. Political gang (pandilla). (Ante Meridian & Central America & Mexico) (m)

7. Fans. (Mexico) (m)

8. Metal cooking pot (olla). (Ante Meridian & Central America) (m)

Mandar a uno a la porra, to chuck somebody out. ¡Vete a la porra -> go to blazes

adjective

1. (coll.) Dull, stupid, ignorant.

2. Joint. (Especially)

3. Folk dance. (Andes & Caribbean)

porra

1 [de policía] truncheon; billyclub; (EEUU)

2 (Técnica) large hammer

3 (Culin) large club-shaped fritter

4 (nariz) conk (familiar); hooter (familiar); schnozzle (muy_familiar); especialmente (EEUU)

5 (juego) sweep; sweepstake

6 (exclamaciones)

¡porras! (¡maldición!) damn! (muy_familiar); (¡mentira!) rubbish!; ¡una porra! no way! (familiar); ¡a la porra! get out!; ¡a la porra el ministro! the minister can go to hell! (familiar); mandar a algn a la porra to tell sb to go to hell (familiar); send sb packing; ¡vete a la porra! go to hell! (familiar); ¡qué coche ni que porras! car my foot!

7 (México) (Dep) fans

plural

; (p) (Teat) claque

8 (And) (S. Cone) (mechón) curl

9 (Centroamérica) (México) (Política) political gang

10 (Centroamérica) (olla) metal cooking pot

11 (pene) prick (vulgar)

12 (pesado) bore

13 (jactancia)

gasta mucha porra he's always boasting; he's always shooting his mouth off (familiar)