cabro

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See also: cabrò and cabró

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.bro/
  • Rhymes: -abro
  • Hyphenation: cà‧bro

Verb

cabro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cabrare

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caprum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkabɾo/
  • Rhymes: -abɾo
  • Syllabification: ca‧bro

Noun

cabro m (plural cabros, feminine cabra, feminine plural cabras)

  1. male goat
    Synonyms: chivo, cabrón
  2. (Chile, Paraguay, colloquial, Puerto Rico) kid, boy (a child)
    Synonyms: chaval, chico, muchacho
  3. (Peru, vulgar) fag (homosexual man)
    Synonyms: chivo, maricón

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.

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