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Cabra
cabra
cabra
Catalan
Etymology
Noun
cabra f (plural cabres)
- goat (mammal)
Usage notes
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 terms
- cabrot m (“male goat”)
- estar com una cabra (to be like a goat) = to be mad, crazy
Related terms
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan, from Latin capra. Doublet of inherited chiévra.
Noun
cabra f (plural cabres)
Synonyms
Italian
Verb
cabra
- inflection of cabrare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Lojban
Etymology
In Lojbanized spelling.
- Chinese: cebei — 設備/设备 (shè bèi)
- English: aparatas — apparatus
- Hindi: iantra — यंत्र (yantra)
- Spanish: aparat — aparato
- Russian: aparat — аппарат (apparat)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃabra/
Gismu
cabra (rafsi ca'a)
- apparatus; x1 is device/mechanism/apparatus/equipment for function x2 controlled or triggered by x3.
See also
Occitan
Alternative forms
- chabra
- craba
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkaβro]
Noun
cabra f (plural cabras)
Related terms
- cabrada
- cabraire, cabraira
- cabraudejar
- cabreta
- cabriboc
- cabrièr
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from Proto-Indo-European *kap-ro (“buck, he-goat”). Compare Spanish cabra, Catalan cabra, Italian capra, French chèvre and Romanian capră.
Pronunciation
Noun
cabra f (plural cabras)
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Spanish
Etymology
Noun
cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabro or cabrón)
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.