poruc

Catalan

Etymology

From por + -uc.

Pronunciation

Adjective

poruc (feminine poruga, masculine plural porucs, feminine plural porugues)

  1. timid
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Però com més caminava per l'interior d'aquella vegetació més l'associava a una mena de vida en estat latent, accidental, poruga i borda.
      But the more I walked in that vegetation, the more I saw it as a kind of life in latent, accidental state, timid and wild.

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