cabro
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin caper, caprum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkabɾo/, [ˈkaβɾo]
Usage notes
- While the general rule for gender-paired nouns in Romance languages is that the male is used when the gender is unknown, the words for goat descending from the Latin capra are an exception, with the feminine form used for goats of indeterminate gender.
Related terms
Further reading
- “cabro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.