cabra
AsturianEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabres)
- goat (mammal)
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
- cabrot m (“male goat”)
- estar com una cabra (to be like a goat) = to be mad, crazy
Related termsEdit
Franco-ProvençalEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Occitan cabra, from Latin capra. Doublet of inherited chiévra.
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabres)
SynonymsEdit
FrenchEdit
GalicianEdit
ItalianEdit
OccitanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan cabra, from Latin capra.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
Related termsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Compare Spanish cabra, Catalan cabra, Italian capra, French chèvre and Romanian capră.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cabra f (plural cabras)
- she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)
- (vulgar, offensive) bitch (despicable woman)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.
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.