maría
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From the female given name María.
Noun
[edit]maría f (plural marías)
- magpie (bird)
- (historical) Former coin of Spain in the 17th century, equivalent to 12 reales de vellón
- Marie biscuit
- Synonym: galleta maría
- (colloquial) doss subject (UK); gut course (US, in college)
- Antonym: asignatura hueso
- (colloquial) housewife
- Synonym: maruja
- (colloquial) uncultured woman
- (Mexico, colloquial) Indian immigrant from the countryside to Mexico City
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]maría f (uncountable)
- Clipping of marihuana (“marijuana”).
Further reading
[edit]- “maría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28