porro

joint (cannabis cigarette)

noun POH-rroh Rare

Also means

leek

Usage Note

Porro is the most common colloquial term in Spain for a hand-rolled cannabis cigarette; the term canuto is also heard regionally. In a completely different, formal register, porro also refers to a leek (the vegetable), though puerro is the standard botanical term for leek. The double-r spelling signals the trilled /rr/ sound, not the single-tap of an intervocalic r.

Examples

"Le pillaron fumando un porro."

Natural Translation

They caught him smoking a joint.

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