cabra
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabres)
- goat (animal)
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros. Compare Occitan cabra, French chèvre.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈka.bɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈka.bɾa/
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Homophone: cabre
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabres)
- goat (mammal)
- nanny goat (female goat)
- goatskin
- crab louse
- Synonyms: lladella, poll del pubis
- European spider crab
- Synonyms: cabra del mar, cranca
Usage notesEdit
The term cabra can be used of a goat in general or of an adult female goat. An adult male goat is either the related term cabró or boc.
Derived termsEdit
- cabra salvatge
- cabrejar
- cabrella (“little spider crab”)
- cabrellot (“great crested grebe”)
- cabró (“he-goat”)
- cabrot (“he-goat”)
- estar com una cabra (“to be mad/crazy”)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cabra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cabra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
AnagramsEdit
Franco-ProvençalEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Occitan cabra, from Latin capra. Doublet of inherited chiévra.
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabres)
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ka.bʁa/
- Homophones: cabras, cabrât
VerbEdit
cabra
- third-person singular past historic of cabrer
GalicianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cabra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin capra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
- goat
- Synonym: cabuxa
- blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus)
- (in the plural) stains in the legs caused by excessive heat
- gaper, comber (Serranus cabrilla)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “cabra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cabra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
cabra
- inflection of cabrare:
AnagramsEdit
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan cabra, from Latin capra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
Related termsEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -abɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧bra
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Compare Spanish and Catalan cabra, Italian capra, French chèvre and Romanian capră.
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
- she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)
- (vulgar, offensive) bitch (despicable woman)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Variant of cabrão
NounEdit
cabra m (plural cabras)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
a cabra (third-person singular present cabrează, past participle cabrat) 1st conj.
- (transitive) to rear up (horse)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | a cabra | ||||||
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gerund | cabrând | ||||||
past participle | cabrat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | cabrez | cabrezi | cabrează | cabrăm | cabrați | cabrează | |
imperfect | cabram | cabrai | cabra | cabram | cabrați | cabrau | |
simple perfect | cabrai | cabrași | cabră | cabrarăm | cabrarăți | cabrară | |
pluperfect | cabrasem | cabraseși | cabrase | cabraserăm | cabraserăți | cabraseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să cabrez | să cabrezi | să cabreze | să cabrăm | să cabrați | să cabreze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | cabrează | cabrați | |||||
negative | nu cabra | nu cabrați |
SardinianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabro, masculine plural cabros)
- female goat
- goat (unknown gender)
- (colloquial, Chile) girl
Usage notesEdit
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.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “cabra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014