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Old Spanish
Etymology
potro + -iello
Noun
potriello m
- male foal
c. 1275, Alfonso X,
General Estoria, primera parte , (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, 2002, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):
- E si el potriello pierde la madre recíbenle las otras yeguas pora criarle.
- And if the foal loses his mother, the other mares receive him to raise him.
Descendants