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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Galician and Portuguese carneiro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈneɾo/
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: car‧ne‧ro
Noun
carnero m (plural carneros)
- a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male)
- Synonym: oveja
- sheepskin (skin of a sheep)
- Synonym: badana
- mutton (flesh of sheep used as food)
- strikebreaker, scab (non-unionized worker hired to replace striking workers)
- Synonyms: rompehuelgas, esquirol
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