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Meaning of lacorra

lacorra: 1º_ Feminine de lacorro ("boy") . 2º_ As with many voices that come from street slang or other languages, this feminine was given another specific meaning as "prostitute" that could have a contemptuous gypsy origin towards the payas, or in some Spanish regions towards the young gypsies.; Lacorrilla or lacorrillo in gypsy means girl or boy who are not gypsies. The meaning you give is not correct; Lacorra in Caló or Gypsy language means woman, waitress and lacorrilla means girl, little girl. However, in various places lacorra, loaned term of the gypsy language, is used to designate a prostitute. If it were La Corra, as well separated, it is the name of a locality in Guriezo, Cantabria,