Charnego

Charnego or Xarnego is a Catalan term that means as much as foreigners. It can be roughly compared to the ancient Greek "Barbaros". Edit sourcetext

In the course of the twentieth century Charnego came from a non-Catalan-speaking region of Spaniards or their descendants in Catalonia, mostly from Castile, Extremadura or Andalusia. The term, originally termed as pejorative as a foreign term, became the answering word, H. the original pejorative alien designation is now proudly used as a self-designation. Edit etymology source text

According to the Diccionario de la Lengua Española, the term charnego is due to the Catalan xarnego, which in turn comes from the Castilian lucharniego. The perro lucharniego is the dog who is trained to hunt at night. This is etymologically obscured by the fact that it is not easy to see that lucharniego actually comes from nocharniego (meaning "by night") Famous Charnegos edit source text

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