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perro

See also: Perro, pero, and però

Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish perro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe.ro]
  • Hyphenation: pe‧rro

Noun

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perro

  1. dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)

Ladino

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Noun

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perro m (Hebrew spelling פירו)[1]

  1. alternative form of pero
    • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 221:
      La limpyeza era el fetcho de una banda de perros errantes, flakos i yenos de pulgas ke se kargavan de desbarasar los montones de suzyeda.
      Cleanliness was in a pack of stray dogs’ [best] interest, as they were weak and lousy from so much filth.

References

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  1. ^ “perro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

Verb

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perro m (plural perros)

  1. (derogatory) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding) [ca. 1200]
    Synonym: can

Descendants

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  • Ladino: pero, perro, פירו
  • Spanish: perro

References

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  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “perro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 391

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish perro (“dog”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eʁu
  • Hyphenation: per‧ro

Adjective

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perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

  1. stiff (of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible)
    Synonym: emperrado
    A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.
    The door is stuck, I can't open it.
  2. stubborn
    Synonym: teimoso

Derived terms

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Noun

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perro m (plural perros)

  1. (rare) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
    Synonyms: cão, cachorro
  2. (figurative) mischievous person

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Spanish

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un perro

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish perro (“cur”) (ca. 1200), of uncertain origin. Originally had a pejorative connotation, but soon began to supplant the Latin word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpero/ [ˈpe.ro]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Syllabification: pe‧rro

Noun

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perro m (plural perros, feminine perra, feminine plural perras, diminutive perrillo or perrito)

  1. dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
    Synonyms: (formal) can, (colloquial) chucho
    perro callejero ― stray dog
  2. (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin
    Hyponyms: cachorro, quiltro
  3. (derogatory) asshole (despicable person)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Adjective

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perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

  1. doggy or doggish
  2. awful
  3. wicked; mean

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