pez

Inherited from Old Spanish pez, from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Compare peje, Italian pesce, Portuguese peixe, Romanian pește.


perro

es-noun

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

perros (plural)
perra (feminine)
perras (feminine plural)

Chavacano: perro

→ Portuguese: perro

→ Yao (South America): pero

From Old Spanish perro (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.

por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron

(derogatory) asshole (despicable person)


perro

es-adj

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

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


tigre

es-noun

tigre m (plural tigres, feminine tigresa, feminine plural tigresas)

tigres (plural)
tigresa (feminine)
tigresas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: tigre

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cotigre

→ Tagalog: tigre

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: tigre

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: tigr

From Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek τίγρις (tígris).


alpaca

→ Afrikaans: alpakka

→ Arabic: أَلْبَكَة (ʔalbaka)

→ Armenian: ալպակա (alpaka)

→ Belarusian: альпака (alʹpaka)

→ Catalan: alpaca

→ Czech: alpaka

→ Danish: alpaka

→ Dutch: alpaca

→ English: alpaca

→ Gujarati: અલ્પાકા (alpākā)

→ Thai: อัลปากา (an-bpaa-gâa)

desctree

→ French: alpaga
→ Polish: alpaga
→ Romanian: alpaca
→ Russian: альпага (alʹpaga)
→ Armenian: ալպագա (alpaga)

→ Faroese: alpaka

→ Finnish: alpakka

→ Georgian: ალპაკა (alṗaḳa)

→ German: Alpaka

→ Greek: αλπάκα (alpáka)

→ Hungarian: alpaka

→ Irish: alpaca (possibly via English)

→ Italian: alpaca

→ Japanese: アルパカ (arupaka)

→ Korean: 알파카 (alpaka)

→ Macedonian: алпака (alpaka)

→ Norwegian: alpakka

→ Persian: آلپاکا (âlpâkâ)

→ Polish: alpaka

→ Portuguese: alpaca

→ Russian: альпака (alʹpaka)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: алпака

Latin script: alpaka

→ Slovene: alpaca

→ Swedish: alpacka

→ Tagalog: alpaka

→ Ukrainian: альпака (alʹpaka)


yak

Borrowed from Tibetan གཡག (g.yag), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-jak ~ g-jaŋ.


guanaco

→ Dutch: guanaco

→ English: guanaco
→ Irish: guanacó

→ French: guanaco

→ Italian: guanaco

→ Portuguese: guanaco

Lama guanicoe
Lama guanicoe#Translingual

guanaco (a South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae)


koala

Borrowed from English koala, from Dharug gula.


bongo

Tragelaphus eurycerus
Tragelaphus eurycerus#Translingual


kiwi

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.


tortilla

→ English: tortilla

→ Finnish: tortilla

→ Galician: tortilla

→ German: Tortilla

→ Polish: tortilla

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Inherited from Old Spanish tortiella, diminutive of torta (“round flatbread”).

(Spain and most Hispanic countries) Spanish omelette, tortilla (omelette)

(Spain and most Hispanic countries) omelette


burro

es-noun

burro m (plural burros, feminine burra, feminine plural burras)

burros (plural)
burra (feminine)
burras (feminine plural)

→ Ayutla Mixtec: mburu

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: borroj

→ Cora: puúruꞌu

→ English: burro

→ Highland Puebla Nahuatl: bu̱rroj

→ Morelos Nahuatl: burro

→ Oluta Popoluca: burru

→ Quechua: wuru

→ Taos: mùlduʼúna

→ Tataltepec Chatino: huru

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: puro

From borrico (“donkey”), from Latin burricus (“small horse”), from burrus (“red-brown”), from Ancient Greek πυρρός (purrhós, “flame colored”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).

der

el burro delante, para que no se espante

si entre burros te ves, rebuzna alguna vez


pato

es-noun

pato m (plural patos, feminine pata, feminine plural patas)

patos (plural)
pata (feminine)
patas (feminine plural)

→ Bikol Central: pato

→ Cahuilla: paat

→ Cebuano: pato

→ Chamicuro: pato

→ Chavacano: pato

→ Classical Nahuatl: patox

→ Cora: puáatu

→ English: pato

→ Hiligaynon: patu

→ Karao: pato

→ Oluta Popoluca: pa̱tu

→ O'odham: pa꞉do

→ Papantla Totonac: pá̱tux

→ Samoan: pato

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: copáto

→ Tagalog: pato
→ Tausug: patu'

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öpöto

→ Tokelauan: pato

→ Waray-Waray: pato

→ Ye'kwana: jatu, jaatu

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَّطّ (paṭṭ), from Arabic بَطّ (baṭṭ, “duck”), from Persian بت (bat, “duck”).

bor+

(vulgar, slang, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Puerto Rico) homosexual, faggot


pollo

Inherited from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

der

pollo frito

young chicken (specially a male, or one of unspecified gender)

montar un pollo

(colloquial, gay slang) twink (a young, attractive, slim man)


gallo

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin gallus (“rooster”).

John Dory (edible marine fish; Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata)

Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas#Translingual

(boxing) bantamweight (weight class ranging from 112 to 118 pounds)

voice crack (sudden, unintentional change in register, especially during puberty or while singing)


conejo

es-noun

conejo m (plural conejos, feminine coneja, feminine plural conejas)

conejos (plural)
coneja (feminine)
conejas (feminine plural)

Papiamentu: koneu

→ Asturian: conexu

→ Cebuano: koneho

→ Galician: conexo

→ Quechua: kunu

→ Tagalog: kuneho

Inherited from Old Spanish conejo, from Latin cuniculus.

rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex)

(Mexico, anatomy) a contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not)


rata

rata f (plural ratas, masculine rato, masculine plural ratos)

ratas (plural)
rato (masculine)
ratos (masculine plural)

From Vulgar Latin rattus (“rat”), of Germanic origin. It is not known how the noun made the jump to a feminine noun.

rat (a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus)


rata

(colloquial, derogatory) stingy, miserly, tight-fisted

(colloquial, derogatory) rat, snitch, informant


ibex

El club se ha quedado sin más mensajes que la purpurina de las listas de Forbes sobre los clubes más ricos del mundo, los Balones de Oro, la evangelización madridista con puentes en Indonesia o Australia y ese deslumbrante palco de la casa blanca por el que desfilan políticos y empresarios de todos los ibex de este mundo.

2015 November 23, “La pelota es de Florentino”, in El País:


toro

(colloquial) forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)


oveja

Inherited from Old Spanish oueja, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Portuguese ovelha, Russian овца (ovca)


panda

Borrowed from Latin pandus, from pandō (“to extend, spread out”).

una panda de vagos


petrel

→ Catalan: petrell

Borrowed from English petrel or French pétrel.


coyote

→ English: coyote

→ French: coyote

→ German: Kojote

→ Italian: coyote

→ Japanese: コヨーテ (koyōte)

→ Korean: 코요테 (koyote)

→ Russian: койо́т (kojót)

→ Tagalog: koyote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *koyootl.

(Mexico) coyote (smuggler of illegal immigrants)


lagarto

⇒ English: alligator

Inherited from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus.


cocodrilo

cocodrilo m (plural cocodrilos, feminine cocodrila, feminine plural cocodrilas)

cocodrilos (plural)
cocodrila (feminine)
cocodrilas (feminine plural)

Hyperthetic form from Latin crocodīlus, from Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos).

crocodile (predatory amphibious reptile of the family Crocodylidae)

(proscribed, informal) crocodile, alligator (crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials)


cabra

cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabro, masculine plural cabros)

cabras (plural)
cabro (masculine)
cabros (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.


zaino

es-adj

zaino (feminine zaina, masculine plural zainos, feminine plural zainas)

zaina (feminine)
zainos (masculine plural)
zainas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic سَاحِم (sāḥim, “blackened”).

bor+

—¿Qué tal los toros?—les preguntó un cochero al cruzar a nuestro lado. —¡Finos, finos! Hay uno negro, zaino, de mucho cuidado.

1889, Armando Palacio Valdés, La hermana San Sulpicio:

(of horses or cattle) chestnut (of a dark, reddish-brown color)


elefante

es-noun

elefante m (plural elefantes, feminine elefanta, feminine plural elefantas)

elefantes (plural)
elefanta (feminine)
elefantas (feminine plural)

→ Basque: elefante

→ Chol: elefanti

→ Cebuano: elepante

→ Hiligaynon: elepante

→ Quechua: ilijanti

→ Tagalog: elepante

→ Waray-Waray: elepante

From various Old Spanish forms like elifant, alefant and eleofant, all ultimately from Latin elephantis, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas).


oca

Inherited from Late Latin auca (“goose”), syncope of *avica, from Latin avis (“bird”).

inh+

(chiefly Spain) goose, especially of the domestic European variety and with a white or grey plumage


lobo

es-noun

lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

lobos (plural)
loba (feminine)
lobas (feminine plural)

desc

→ English: loafer, lobo, lofer, loper, lover

→ Tagalog: lobo

→ Estado de México Otomi: lobo

Inherited from Latin lupus, which was borrowed from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus and Lope, the former a learned borrowing from Latin, the latter a proper name borrowed via Basque. Romance cognates include French loup, Italian lupo, Galician and Portuguese lobo, Romanian lup.


flamenco

es-noun

flamenco m (plural flamencos, feminine flamenca, feminine plural flamencas)

flamencos (plural)
flamenca (feminine)
flamencas (feminine plural)


flamenco

Flemish (the standard variety of Dutch used in Belgium)

Flemish (a group of Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium)


caviar

Borrowed from French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr).

(Peru) a leftist, specifically one coming from a wealthy background


canguro

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

hacer de canguro

ya podía hacerles de canguro.


gato

gato m (plural gatos, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

gatos (plural)
gata (feminine)
gatas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat, Italian gatto, Portuguese gato). See cat for more.

cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta


gato

(Costa Rica) rectangular cake made of two layers joined by jam in the middle


albatros

Borrowed from English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.


mono

mono m (plural monos, feminine mona, feminine plural monas)

monos (plural)
mona (feminine)
monas (feminine plural)

Haplographically from maimón (“monkey”), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”). Compare English monkey.

der

estar con el mono


aire

From zorá (“drunken”), named by a zoologist after the shivering movements by the animal's head.


mona

es-noun

mona f (plural monas, masculine mono, masculine plural monos)

monas (plural)
mono (masculine)
monos (masculine plural)

→ English: mona

→ Italian: mona

From mono (“monkey”). Compare English monkey.

aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda


tora

(Honduras, Nicaragua) leatherback (species of sea turtle)


ave

Inherited from Old Spanish ave, from Latin avem, from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.


marsupial

es-adj

marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)

Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.


bulldog

Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog.


chinchilla

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʝa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʎa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʃa]

[t͡ʃĩnʲˈt͡ʃi.ʒa]


nutria

→ Belarusian: нутрыя (nutryja)

→ Czech: nutrie

desctree

→ English: nutria
→ Danish: nutria
→ Japanese: ヌートリア (nūtoria)
→ Korean: 뉴트리아 (nyuteuria)

→ Finnish: nutria

→ German: Nutria

→ Italian: nutria

→ Lithuanian: nutrija

→ Macedonian: нутрија (nutrija)

→ Polish: nutria

→ Portuguese: nútria

→ Russian: нутрия (nutrija)

→ Slovak: nutria

→ Ukrainian: нутрія (nutrija)

From Vulgar Latin *nutria or *lutria / *lutrea, from Latin lutra. The Spanish word, preserving the -t-, may have arrived through the intermediate of either Mozarabic or more likely a Southern Italian language or dialect: cf. Salerno dialect (of Neapolitan) nùtria, Calabrian ùtria and lùtria, utre in Basilicata, etc. The Vulgar Latin form was likely influenced by Ancient Greek ἔνυδρις (énudris). Compare also Catalan llúdria, Portuguese lontra.


paca

(chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)


cerdo

es-noun

cerdo m (plural cerdos, feminine cerda, feminine plural cerdas)

cerdos (plural)
cerda (feminine)
cerdas (feminine plural)


loro

loro m (plural loros, feminine lora, feminine plural loras)

loros (plural)
lora (feminine)
loras (feminine plural)

Los loros atienden / Repiten y aprenden / Los cuervos observan / Y nunca se acercan

c. 1981, “Yo No”, performed by Parálisis Permanente:


ñandú

→ Catalan: nyandú

Borrowed from Guaraní ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.


serpiente

Inherited from Latin serpentem, derived from serpere (“slither, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. Doublet of sierpe. Cognate with English serpent.

snake, serpent (legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes)


alcatraz

→ Arabic: قَطْرَس (qaṭras, “albatross”)

Borrowed from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”).


alcatraz

Borrowed from Arabic الْقِرْطَاس (al-qirṭās, “the papyrus”).


corgi

Borrowed from English corgi, from Welsh corgi, a compound of cor (“dwarf”) and ci (“dog”).


bonito

From Late Latin boniton, representing a specific use of bonito (“pretty”, literally “the good one”), referring to the fish's appearance; see Etymology 1 above.


tapir

→ Catalan: tapir

→ Dutch: tapir

→ Tagalog: tapir


macaco

Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, possibly from a Bantu language.


bruja

es-noun

bruja f (plural brujas, masculine brujo, masculine plural brujos)

brujas (plural)
brujo (masculine)
brujos (masculine plural)

→ Cebuano: bruha

→ Tagalog: bruha

Uncertain. Possibly from Iberian/Celtiberian *bruxtia (compare Catalan bruixa, Portuguese bruxa, Occitan bruèissa), from Proto-Celtic *brixtā (“spell, magic”) (compare Old Irish bricht (“charm”), Old Breton brith (“magic”)). It could instead be akin to a different Celtic word such as Old Irish Brigit (literally “high, exalted”).

m+

witch, sorceress (woman who practices witchcraft)

owl (bird of prey of the order Strigiformes)

(Dominican Republic) northern potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)


iguana

desctree

→ Dutch: leguaan
Afrikaans: likkewaan
Berbice Creole Dutch: linggwana
→ German: Leguan
→ Sranan Tongo: legwana
→ Caribbean Hindustani: lagwáná

→ English: iguana

→ French: iguane

→ Galician: iguana

→ Italian: iguana

→ Japanese: イグアナ (iguana)

→ Portuguese: iguana

→ Turkish: iguana


ratón

es-noun

ratón m (plural ratones, feminine ratona, feminine plural ratonas)

ratones (plural)
ratona (feminine)
ratonas (feminine plural)

From rata (“rat”) + -ón (diminutive suffix). Displaced Old Spanish mur. In its computing sense, it is a semantic loan from English mouse.


coco

→ English: coco

→ Middle French: coco

French: coco

From sense 2 (“skull, head”), because of the resemblance of the fruit to a grinning face.


coco

Mycteria americana
Mycteria americana#Translingual

(Dominican Republic) Wood stork (Mycteria americana)


quetzal

→ Catalan: quetzal

→ Dutch: quetzal

→ English: quetzal

→ French: quetzal

→ German: Quetzal

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl quetzalli (“quetzal feather”). The term for the quetzal bird proper was quetzaltōtōtl.


halibut

Borrowed from Germanic; see English halibut.


caballo

es-noun

caballo m (plural caballos, feminine yegua, feminine plural yeguas)

caballos (plural)
yegua (feminine)
yeguas (feminine plural)

Chavacano: caballo

Papiamentu: cabai

→ Alcozauca Mixtec: kuái̱

→ Aymara: kawallu

→ Bikol Central: kabayo

→ Cahuilla: kaváayu

→ Cebuano: kabayo

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: kauayoj

→ Central Nahuatl: cahuayoh

→ Chamicuro: kawali

→ Chaná: kuayó, cauáio (uncertain)

→ Chol: cawayuʼ

desc

→ Classical Nahuatl: cahuāllo, caballo, cahualloh, cahuayo, cauallo, cavallo

→ Guaraní: kavaju

→ Ilocano: kabalio

→ Ivatan: kabayu

→ Kapampangan: kabayu

→ Lake Miwok: kawáj

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cahua̱yoj

→ Mapudungun: kawell, kawellu

→ Maranao: kabayo

→ Mbyá Guaraní: kavaju

→ Nivaclé: cuvôyu

→ O'odham: kaviyu

→ Papantla Totonac: kawayu

→ Paraguayan Guaraní: kavaju

→ Pipil: kāwayu

→ Quechua: kawallu

→ Sayula Popoluca: cawa̱yu

→ Seri: caay

→ Tagalog: kabayo

→ Waray-Waray: kabayo

→ Yatzachi Zapotec: cabey

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: kuayu

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: cabayw

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin. Compare Portuguese cavalo.

inh+

a caballo regalado no le mires el diente

Un yonqui, de espaldas a la cámara, hace unas declaraciones: ahora, el que tiene billetes, se mete coca, o, si toma caballo, se lo mete con plata, lo fuma, ¿sabes?

1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter IX, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 132:


lemming

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.


burrito

→ Belizean Creole: boreeto

→ English: burrito

→ German: Burrito


aura

the turkey vulture and related species in the genus Cathartes, carrion-eating birds native to the Americas


puma

→ Bulgarian: пума (puma)

→ Catalan: puma

→ Danish: puma

desctree

→ English: puma
→ Malay: puma
→ Swedish: puma

→ Estonian: puuma

→ French: puma
→ Romanian: puma

→ German: Puma
→? Czech: puma
→ Faroese: puma
→ Finnish: puuma
→ Hungarian: puma
→? Swedish: puma

→ Greek: πούμα (poúma)

→ Icelandic: púma

→ Irish: púma

→ Italian: puma

→ Macedonian: пума (puma)

→ Norwegian: puma

→ Polish: puma

→ Portuguese: puma

→ Russian: пу́ма (púma)

→ Serbo-Croatian: pȕma / пу̏ма

→ Sicilian: puma

→ Slovak: puma

→ Slovene: púma

→ Swedish: puma

→ Translingual: Puma (see there for further descendants)

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual

cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)


orca

es-noun

orca f (plural orcas, masculine orco, masculine plural orcos)

orcas (plural)
orco (masculine)
orcos (masculine plural)


zorro

zorro m (plural zorros, feminine zorra, feminine plural zorras)

zorros (plural)
zorra (feminine)
zorras (feminine plural)

First attested in the 15th century, chiefly in the feminine form zorra. Of unclear origin:
* perhaps from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia. If so, it may be related to Spanish perro,
* perhaps from Middle French sor (“yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, sorrel”), or
* perhaps from Basque azeri (“fox”).
* A fourth suggestion, that the term derives from a verb *zorrar from onomatopoeia, is considered "far from convincing" and "unprovable".

der

(by extension, figuratively) fox (sly or cunning person)


armadillo

From armado (“armored”) + -illo (“diminutive”), i.e. "little armored one".


cascabel

→ English: cascabel

→ French: cascabelle

From Old Occitan cascavel, from Vulgar Latin cascābellus (“small bell”), diminutive of cascābus, from Latin cāccabus.
Influenced by Latin quassicāre, based on Latin quassāre (“to shake repeatedly, to quake”), because when the chili is being prepared, the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.


boga

Inherited from Late Latin bōca, from Ancient Greek βῶκα (bôka), accusative of βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”).

any of species Leporinus obtusidens of ray-finned fish (characin)


angula

Borrowed from Basque angula, from Latin anguilla. Doublet of anguila.


dinosaurio

Borrowed from New Latin dīnosaurus, from Ancient Greek δεινός (deinós, “terrible, awesome”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).


periquito

es-adj

periquito (feminine periquita, masculine plural periquitos, feminine plural periquitas)

periquita (feminine)
periquitos (masculine plural)
periquitas (feminine plural)

(soccer) a person connected with RCD Espanyol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


zancuda

[θãŋˈku.ð̞a]


zarcillo

From earlier cercillo, from Old Spanish cerciello, inherited from Latin circellus.

Larosterna inca
Larosterna inca#Translingual


zarigüeya

From Brazilian Portuguese çarigueia, from Old Tupi sariwé, sarigwé.

Las zarigüeyas son el marsupial más extendido del continente americano.

Opossums are the most widespread marsupial of the Americas.


zorzal

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Andalusian Arabic زورزال (zurzál), from Classical Arabic زُرْزُور (zurzūr, “thrush”).


zorrillo

es-noun

zorrillo m (plural zorrillos, feminine zorrilla, feminine plural zorrillas)

zorrillos (plural)
zorrilla (feminine)
zorrillas (feminine plural)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: zorrilho

(derogatory, colloquial) a bad-smelling person


zopilote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzopīlōtl.


paloma

es-noun

paloma f (plural palomas, masculine palomo, masculine plural palomos)

palomas (plural)
palomo (masculine)
palomos (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish paloma, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, palumbēs (“wood pigeon”).


pájaro

Inherited from Old Spanish páxaro, pássaro, from Vulgar Latin *passarum, alteration of Latin passer (“sparrow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *p(e)t-tro- (“who flies, bird”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Compare Portuguese pássaro. A distant cognate of peña.

inh

más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando

no hay pájaros en los nidos de ayer

youth passes quickly; there are no birds in the nests of yesterday

(colloquial, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela) penis

(colloquial, Spain) person of questionable or shady character, or involved in dubious affairs


yegua

es-noun

yegua f (plural yeguas, masculine caballo, masculine plural caballos)

yeguas (plural)
caballo (masculine)
caballos (masculine plural)

→ Jakaltek: yewaẍ

→ Oluta Popoluca: ye̱wa

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: yehualama

→ Tagalog: yegwa

[ˈɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞wa]

[ˈɟ͡ʝe.ɣ̞wa]

Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet


yema

→ Cebuano: yema

→ Tagalog: yema

Inherited from Old Spanish yema, inherited from Latin gemma. Doublet of gema.

Le quité las yemas a los huevos antes de mezclarlos en el guacamole.

I removed the yolk from the eggs before mixing them in the guac.


wapití

Borrowed from French wapiti, from English wapiti, from Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).


urraca

onomatopoeic

imitative

magpie (also called: common magpie, European magpie, Eurasian magpie) (Pica pica)


ualabí

Borrowed from English wallaby, from Dharug wollabi.


cuarto

→ Tagalog: kuwarto

From Latin quartus. Doublet of cuarta. The sense of room is after a common division of houses (4 or 5 sections). As a unit of English measure, calque of English quart. Compare English quarter.

fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole)

(historical) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to ¹⁄₄ saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L)

(genealogy) line, lineage (any of the four main lines of ancestry through one's various grandparents)


cabalgar

es-verb

cabalgar (first-person singular present cabalgo, first-person singular preterite cabalgué, past participle cabalgado)

cabalgo (first-person present singular)
cabalgué (first-person preterite singular)
cabalgado (participle past)
cabalgar (infinitive)
cabalgando (gerund)
cabalgado (masculine participle past singular)
cabalgada (feminine participle past singular)
cabalgados (masculine participle past plural)
cabalgadas (feminine participle past plural)
cabalgo (first-person indicative present singular)
cabalgas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
cabalgás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
cabalga (indicative present singular third-person)
cabalgamos (first-person indicative plural present)
cabalgáis (indicative plural present second-person)
cabalgan (indicative plural present third-person)
cabalgaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cabalgabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cabalgaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cabalgábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cabalgabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cabalgaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cabalgué (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cabalgaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cabalgó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cabalgamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cabalgasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cabalgaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cabalgaré (first-person future indicative singular)
cabalgarás (future indicative second-person singular)
cabalgará (future indicative singular third-person)
cabalgaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
cabalgaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
cabalgarán (future indicative plural third-person)
cabalgaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cabalgarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cabalgaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cabalgaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cabalgaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cabalgarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cabalgue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cabalgues (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
cabalgués (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
cabalgue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cabalguemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cabalguéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cabalguen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cabalgara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cabalgaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cabalgara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cabalgáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cabalgarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cabalgaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cabalgase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
cabalgases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
cabalgase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
cabalgásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
cabalgaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
cabalgasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
cabalgare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
cabalgares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
cabalgare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
cabalgáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
cabalgareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
cabalgaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
cabalga (imperative informal second-person singular)
cabalgá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
cabalgue (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cabalgue (imperative singular third-person)
cabalguemos (first-person imperative plural)
cabalgad (imperative plural second-person)
cabalguen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cabalguen (imperative plural third-person)
cabalgues (imperative negative second-person singular)
cabalgue (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
cabalgue (imperative negative singular third-person)
cabalguemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
cabalguéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
cabalguen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
cabalguen (imperative negative plural third-person)
cabalgarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cabalgarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cabalgarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cabalgaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cabalgarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
cabalgarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
cabalgarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
cabalgaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
cabalgarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cabalgándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cabalgándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cabalgándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cabalgándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
cabalgándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
cabalgándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
cabalgándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
cabalgándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
cabalgándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cabalgándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
cabálgame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cabálganos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
cabálgala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
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cabalgate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
cabalgale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
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cabalgalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
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cabalgalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
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cabálguele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálguese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálguenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
cabálgueles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálgueme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
cabálguelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálguela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálguese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
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cabálguelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cabálguelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
cabalguémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cabalguémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cabalguémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cabalguémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cabalguémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cabalguémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
cabalguémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cabalguémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
cabalguémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
cabalguémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
cabalguémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cabalguémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
cabalgadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cabalgadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabalgadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cabalgaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cabalgadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
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cabalgadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabalgadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabalgadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cabalgaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
cabalgadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabalgadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cabálguenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cabálguenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
cabálguenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
cabálguenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
cabálguense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Late Latin caballicāre, from Latin caballus.

Pedro corrió por los cerros y cabalgó un caballo desconocido.

1952, Hernán del Solar, La noche de enfrente:

Pedro ran through the hills and mounted an unknown horse.

(intransitive) to mount an animal, especially a horse

Cabalgaron un día entero sin apearse y de noche seguían cabalgando.

2005, Pilar Cibreiro, El dueño del trigo, Caballo De Troya, →ISBN, page 133:

They rode one whole day without dismounting, and at night they kept riding.

(intransitive) to ride an animal, especially a horse


cabalgata

As with many of the cabal- words, cabalgata is derived from Latin caballus (“horse”).


becerro

es-noun

becerro m (plural becerros, feminine becerra, feminine plural becerras)

becerros (plural)
becerra (feminine)
becerras (feminine plural)

→ Oluta Popoluca: pise̱ru

→ San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: chelu

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: bheseer

→ Tagalog: bisiro

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pesiero

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: chelu

Inherited from Old Spanish bezerro (“calf”), of uncertain ultimate origin, possibly from Basque or Iberian *ibicirru.


ternero

es-noun

ternero m (plural terneros, feminine ternera, feminine plural terneras)

terneros (plural)
ternera (feminine)
terneras (feminine plural)


vacuno

es-adj

vacuno (feminine vacuna, masculine plural vacunos, feminine plural vacunas)

vacuna (feminine)
vacunos (masculine plural)
vacunas (feminine plural)


caballar

caballar m or f (masculine and feminine plural caballares)

Un evento caballar.


equino

equino (feminine equina, masculine plural equinos, feminine plural equinas)

equina (feminine)
equinos (masculine plural)
equinas (feminine plural)

Los establos equinos


equino

From Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).


caballa

→ Moroccan Arabic: كبايلا (kabāyla)

Inherited from Latin caballa, the feminine form of caballus (“horse”).


gallina

es-noun

gallina f (plural gallinas, masculine gallo, masculine plural gallos)

gallinas (plural)
gallo (masculine)
gallos (masculine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin gallīna.

¡Ya pues, no te asomes! Queda claro que eres bien gallina...

2022, Pedro Arizpe, Puerto Jerez (webcomic):

Okay, fine! Don't look outside. It's clear you're a big chicken...


sábalo

From Gaulish *sabŏlos, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).


sabandija

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sevandīlia, possibly of Basque origin. Compare Portuguese sevandija.

La Bruja echa a hervir en una caldera llena de agua, un sapo, una lagartija y murciélago, sabandijas que generalmente se encarga de llevarle el cliente, previendo la posibilidad de que a la hechicera se le haya agotado la provisión.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 13:

The Witch throws into a cauldron of water to boil: a toad, a lizard and a bat, sarabandijas which the client generally takes it upon themself to bring, in case the sorcerer has run out of stock.


sabueso

Inherited from Vulgar Latin segusius (compare Portuguese sabujo, Italian segugio), from a Celtic language, from Proto-Celtic *segu (“to follow”) (compare Irish seach).


jabalí

jabalí m (plural jabalís or jabalíes, feminine jabalina, feminine plural jabalinas)

jabalís (plural)
jabalíes (plural)
jabalina (feminine)
jabalinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Arabic جَبَلِيّ (jabaliyy, “of the mountains”), from جَبَل (jabal, “mountain”).


jamelgo

es-noun

jamelgo m (plural jamelgos, feminine jamelga, feminine plural jamelgas)

jamelgos (plural)
jamelga (feminine)
jamelgas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin famēlicus (“hungry, famished”). Doublet of famélico.

inh+

a skinny horse, typically one with poor temperament; a nag


jilguero

From silguero, from Latin sily̆bum, from Ancient Greek σίλυβον (sílubon, “thistle”).

der

Carduelis carduelis
Carduelis carduelis#Translingual

European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)


jinete

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders.


jinetear

es-verb

jinetear (first-person singular present jineteo, first-person singular preterite jineteé, past participle jineteado)

jineteo (first-person present singular)
jineteé (first-person preterite singular)
jineteado (participle past)
jinetear (infinitive)
jineteando (gerund)
jineteado (masculine participle past singular)
jineteada (feminine participle past singular)
jineteados (masculine participle past plural)
jineteadas (feminine participle past plural)
jineteo (first-person indicative present singular)
jineteas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
jineteás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
jinetea (indicative present singular third-person)
jineteamos (first-person indicative plural present)
jineteáis (indicative plural present second-person)
jinetean (indicative plural present third-person)
jineteaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
jineteabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jineteaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jineteábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jineteabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jineteaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jineteé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
jineteaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
jineteó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
jineteamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
jineteasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
jinetearon (indicative plural preterite third-person)
jinetearé (first-person future indicative singular)
jinetearás (future indicative second-person singular)
jineteará (future indicative singular third-person)
jinetearemos (first-person future indicative plural)
jinetearéis (future indicative plural second-person)
jinetearán (future indicative plural third-person)
jinetearía (conditional first-person indicative singular)
jinetearías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
jinetearía (conditional indicative singular third-person)
jinetearíamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
jinetearíais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
jinetearían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
jinetee (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jinetees (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
jineteés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
jinetee (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jineteemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jineteéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
jineteen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jineteara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jinetearas (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jineteara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jineteáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jinetearais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jinetearan (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
jinetease (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
jineteases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
jinetease (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
jineteásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
jineteaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
jineteasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
jineteare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
jineteares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
jineteare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
jineteáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
jineteareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
jinetearen (future plural subjunctive third-person)
jinetea (imperative informal second-person singular)
jineteá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
jinetee (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
jinetee (imperative singular third-person)
jineteemos (first-person imperative plural)
jinetead (imperative plural second-person)
jineteen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
jineteen (imperative plural third-person)
jinetees (imperative negative second-person singular)
jinetee (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
jinetee (imperative negative singular third-person)
jineteemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
jineteéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
jineteen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
jineteen (imperative negative plural third-person)


jirafa

→ Basque: jirafa

→ Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
Classical Persian سرنا
Proto-Indo-European *ped-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
Classical Persian پَا (pā)
Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
Italian giraffabor.
Spanish jirafa
Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa


judío

es-noun

judío m (plural judíos, feminine judía, feminine plural judías)

judíos (plural)
judía (feminine)
judías (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Crotophaga ani
Crotophaga ani#Translingual

(Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico) smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)


morena

from Latin muraena (“sea eel, lamprey”), from Ancient Greek σμυραινα (smuraina), from σμυρος (smuros, “sea eel”).


milano

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *milānus, from milvinus, from Latin milvus.


tepezcuintle

From Classical Nahuatl tepetl (“mountain, hill”) + itzcuīntli (“dog”).

der

(Mexico, Central America) paca (Agouti paca, large rodent)


reo

Uncertain; probably from Celto-Latin rhēdō, redo.


cochino

es-adj

cochino (feminine cochina, masculine plural cochinos, feminine plural cochinas)

cochina (feminine)
cochinos (masculine plural)
cochinas (feminine plural)

From cocho, from coch, used to call pigs. Compare French cochon.

dirty (as in an action done by a child like eating with dirty hands)


palomino

→ English: palomino

From paloma (“dove, pigeon”) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”).


cachorro

es-noun

cachorro m (plural cachorros, feminine cachorra, feminine plural cachorras)

cachorros (plural)
cachorra (feminine)
cachorras (feminine plural)

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cattulus (“whelp, puppy”), from Latin catŭlus (“puppy”).
Or, from or influenced by a metathesis of Basque txakur, xakur (“puppy”); however, this has been dismissed as speculative. Compare with Italian cucciolo.

cub (the young of certain other animals, generally mammals)


labrador

labrador m (plural labradores, feminine labradora, feminine plural labradoras)

labradores (plural)
labradora (feminine)
labradoras (feminine plural)

[la.β̞ɾaˈð̞oɾ]

Inherited from Old Spanish labrador, from Latin labōrātorem, equivalent to labrar + -dor.

Labrador retriever
Labrador retriever#Spanish

Labrador (ellipsis of Labrador retriever.)


bacalao

From Dutch bakkeljauw, kabeljauw, from Old Dutch *cabillao, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks. Or, possibly borrowed or influenced by Basque bakailao, which could be related to the Dutch word.
Cognate with Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Galician bacallau, Catalan bacallà.

te conozco, bacalao, aunque vengas disfrazado


velociraptor

Spielberg ha sabido expresar en imágenes el relato de Crichton (coautor del guión), y ha conseguido un ritmo trepidante, secuencias antológicas —como los ataques del tiranosaurio rex y los velociraptores— que emocionan intensamente al espectador, con unos efectos especiales por ordenador insuperables en su momento (por obra de la factoría de George Lucas, Industrial Light & Magic).

2003, Juan José Muñoz García, Cine y misterio humano, pages 70–71:

Los velociraptores son animales de sangre caliente […]

2012, José Luis Sanz García, Pequeña historia de los dinosaurios, page 21:

Junto a Griezmann, mejor fichaje del curso pasado, El Cholo cuenta con una terna de velociraptores a los que nutrirá principalmente Koke desde el centro del campo.

2015 July 25, “El nuevo Atlético de Madrid se inspira en el pasado”, in El País:


ganga

onomatopoeic

Imitative

sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)


cacique

es-noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacique or cacica, feminine plural caciques or cacicas)

caciques (plural)
cacique (feminine)
cacica (feminine)
caciques (feminine plural)
cacicas (feminine plural)

→ Catalan: cacic

→ English: cacique

→ French: cacique

→ Galician: cacique

→ German: Kazike

→ Portuguese: cacique

Borrowed from Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”) or Lokono kassequa (“chieftain; power”).


barracuda

→ Cebuano: barakuda

→ English: barracuda

→ Italian: barracuda

→ Portuguese: barracuda

Unknown, perhaps from a Cariban term. According to Watkins, from Valencian/Catalan barracó (“snaggletooth”); see barraca.


anguila

Borrowed from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Indo-European *angh- (“water-worm, eel”). Doublet of angula.


delfín

Borrowed from Latin delphīnem, variant of delphīnus (compare French dauphin, Italian delfino), from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín), a later form of δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”), from δελφύς (delphús, “womb”).


mamut

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont, “mammoth”). More at mammoth.


pichón

es-noun

pichón m (plural pichones, feminine pichona, feminine plural pichonas)

pichones (plural)
pichona (feminine)
pichonas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Italian piccione, from Latin pīpiōnem. Compare English pigeon.


avión

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: abion

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

(colloquial, playground games, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela) hopscotch


manta

Chavacano: manta

→ Cebuano: manta

→ English: manta; manta ray

→ French: manta

→ Ilocano: manta

→ Polish: manta

→ Tagalog: manta


tortuga

Inherited from Old Spanish tartuga, probably from the feminine of Late Latin tartarucchus or tartarūchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Cf. also Medieval Latin tortūca.


chico

(Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua Narica)

Procyon lotor
Procyon lotor#Translingual


azulejo

es-adj

azulejo (feminine azuleja, masculine plural azulejos, feminine plural azulejas)

azuleja (feminine)
azulejos (masculine plural)
azulejas (feminine plural)


cabrón

Augmentative of cabra. Compare Portuguese cabrão, Italian caprone, Venetan cavron, Catalan cabró.

Para asistir al aquelarre es preciso ser Brujo y rendir homenaje al cabrón que lo preside, el cual, en los días de reunión, se coloca a la entrada de la cueva.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 19:


cabrón

es-noun

cabrón m (plural cabrones, feminine cabrona, feminine plural cabronas)

cabrones (plural)
cabrona (feminine)
cabronas (feminine plural)

(Mexico, Central America, Spain, Puerto Rico, vulgar, derogatory) bastard, motherfucker (compare English jackass)

(Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, vulgar, derogatory) cuckold

¿Qué onda, cabrón?

Buenos días, cabrón!

(Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, informal) mate, dude (term of endearment between friends)


cóndor

→ Catalan: còndor

desctree

→ English: condor
→ Welsh: condor
→ Korean: 콘도르 (kondoreu)

→ French: condor

→ German: Kondor

→ Italian: condor

→ Portuguese: condor

Borrowed from Classical Quechua kuntur, with /t/ > /d/ characteristic of its “coastal” variety.


carabao

es-noun

carabao m (plural carabaos, feminine caraballa, feminine plural caraballas)

carabaos (plural)
caraballa (feminine)
caraballas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Waray-Waray karabaw, from Malay kerbau, from Proto-Malayic *kAr(ə)baw, ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”). Compare Khmer ក្របី (krɑɑbəy, “water buffalo”).


corral

→ Cebuano: koral

→ English: corral

→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: cóla̱l

→ San Juan Colorado Mixtec: cora

→ Polish: corral

→ Polish: korral

→ Tagalog: kural

From Vulgar Latin *currale (“place for keeping a chariot”), from currus (“chariot”). Compare Portuguese curral.

inh

pollos de corral


serval

Borrowed from French serval, from Portuguese (lobo) cerval (“Iberian lynx”), from Latin lupus cervārius (literally “stag wolf”), i.e. "wolf that hunts stags", from cervus (“deer, stag”).


margay

desctree

→ English: margay
→ Korean: 마게이 (magei)
→ Japanese: マーゲイ (māgei)

→? French: margay

Borrowed from or related to Portuguese maracajá, ultimately from Old Tupi marakaîá. Doublet of maracayá.


águila

→ Cebuano: agila

→ Hiligaynon: agila

→ Tagalog: agila

Inherited from Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila. Cognate with French aigle, Italian aquila, Portuguese águia and Romanian aceră.


pingüino

es-noun

pingüino m (plural pingüinos, feminine pingüina, feminine plural pingüinas)

pingüinos (plural)
pingüina (feminine)
pingüinas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French pingouin, from Dutch pinguïn.


tinge

Of obscure origin. Compare the adjective tinte (“shaded, shadowed, dyed”).

unk

obscure


chongo

Of disputed origin. Possibly borrowed from Classical Nahuatl.

(in the plural) a Mexican dessert made with milk, sugar and cinnamon. The milk is scalded and rennet is added to start the formation of curds, like when making cheese


chongo

An alteration of Mexican Spanish chango.

(Philippines, obsolete in Mexico) monkey


equitación

Borrowed from Latin equitātiōnem, from equitō (“to ride a horse”), from equus (“horse”).


silla

→ Cebuano: síya

→ Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: siya

→ Galician: silla

→ Hiligaynon: siya

→ Ladino: siya

→ Portuguese: silha

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: xiir

→ Tagalog: silya, siya

→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: siya

Inherited from Old Spanish siella, from Latin sella (“seat”), from Proto-Italic *sedlā, from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.


cordero

es-noun

cordero m (plural corderos, feminine cordera, feminine plural corderas)

corderos (plural)
cordera (feminine)
corderas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: kordero

→ Ladino: kodrero

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: colélo

→ Tagalog: kordero

→ Yosondúa Mixtec: lelu

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cordārium (“late-born lamb”), from Latin chordus (“late-born”).


vaquilla

Inherited from Old Spanish vaquiella, from vaca (“cow”). Analyzable as vaca (“cow”) + -illa.


venado

es-noun

venado m (plural venados, feminine venada, feminine plural venadas)

venados (plural)
venada (feminine)
venadas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin vēnātus (whence English venison).

(colloquial) cuckold, deceived husband or partner


víbora

Inherited from Old Spanish biuora, from Latin vīpera (“viper”), a conflation of vīvus (“alive”) + pariō (“to give birth to”). Doublet of guiverno.


tordo

Inherited from Latin turdus (“a thrush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

inh+

thrush (kind of bird); species Turdus musicus


aligator

Borrowed from English alligator, which in turn came from Spanish el lagarto (“the lizard”).

alligator (large amphibious reptile of genus Alligator)


pavo

→ Asi: pabo

→ Cebuano: pabo

→ Chavacano: pabo

→ Tagalog: pabo

Inherited from Latin pāvō. Doublet of pavón.


cuervo

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós.


beluga

Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinapterus leucas#Translingual

beluga (cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas)


murciélago

es-noun

murciélago m (plural murciélagos, feminine murciélaga, feminine plural murciélagas)

murciélagos (plural)
murciélaga (feminine)
murciélagas (feminine plural)

Etymology tree
Latin *mūris caecus
Old Spanish murciegoder.
Spanish murciélago
Metathetic diminutive of Old Spanish murciego (cf. murciégalo), from Latin *mūris caecus. Compare Galician and Portuguese morcego.

metathesis

Metathetic

q

cf. <i class="Latn mention" lang="es">murciégalo</i>

...adoraban al buho por la hermosura de sus ojos y cabeza, y al murciélago por la sutileza de su vista...

1800, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, chapter 12, in Historia General del Perú:

...they adored the owl for the prettiness of its eyes and head, and the bat for the subtlety of its sight...

bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)


fusta

Feminized counterpart to Spanish fuste. Compare Catalan fusta, Portuguese fusta.

thin flexible stick or whip used to spur horses

light boat with one or two masts, often used for exploration

bundle of sticks, branches and/or firewood


cobaya

Likely from Old Tupi çabuia, sabuia with loss of the initial cedilla. Compare Portuguese cobaia.

(cooking) guinea pig meat, eaten in many parts of Latin America

(figuratively) guinea pig (person used for experimentation)


montar

es-verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite monté, past participle montado)

monto (first-person present singular)
monté (first-person preterite singular)
montado (participle past)
montar (infinitive)
montando (gerund)
montado (masculine participle past singular)
montada (feminine participle past singular)
montados (masculine participle past plural)
montadas (feminine participle past plural)
monto (first-person indicative present singular)
montas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
montás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
monta (indicative present singular third-person)
montamos (first-person indicative plural present)
montáis (indicative plural present second-person)
montan (indicative plural present third-person)
montaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
montabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
montaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
montábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
montabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
montaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
monté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
montaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
montó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
montamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
montasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
montaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
montaré (first-person future indicative singular)
montarás (future indicative second-person singular)
montará (future indicative singular third-person)
montaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
montaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
montarán (future indicative plural third-person)
montaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
montarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
montaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
montaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
montaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
montarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
monte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
montes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
montés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
monte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
montemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
montéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
monten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
montara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
montaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
montara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
montáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
montarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
montaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
montase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
montases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
montase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
montásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
montaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
montasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
montare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
montares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
montare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
montáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
montareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
montaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
monta (imperative informal second-person singular)
montá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
monte (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
monte (imperative singular third-person)
montemos (first-person imperative plural)
montad (imperative plural second-person)
monten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
monten (imperative plural third-person)
montes (imperative negative second-person singular)
monte (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
monte (imperative negative singular third-person)
montemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
montéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
monten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
monten (imperative negative plural third-person)
montarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
montarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
montarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
montarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
montarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
montaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
montarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
montarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
montarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
montarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
montarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
montarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
montarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
montarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
montaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
montarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
montarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
montarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
montándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
montándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
montándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
montándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
montándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
montándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
montándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
montándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
montándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
montándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
montándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
montándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
montándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
montándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
montándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
montándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
montándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
montándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
móntame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
móntate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
móntale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
móntanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
móntales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
móntame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
móntate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
móntalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
móntala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
móntanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
móntalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
móntalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
montame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
montate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
montale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
montanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
montales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
montame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
montate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
montalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
montala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
montanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
montalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
montalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
mónteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
móntele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
móntese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
móntenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
mónteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
mónteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
móntelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
móntela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
móntese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
móntenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
móntelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
móntelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
montémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
montémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
montémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
montémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
montémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
montémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
montémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
montémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
montémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
montémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
montémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
montémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
montadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
montadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
montadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
montaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
montadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
montadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
montadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
montadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
montadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
montaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
montadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
montadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
móntenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
móntenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
móntennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
móntenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
móntense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
móntenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
móntenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
móntenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
móntennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
móntenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
móntenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
móntense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Old Spanish montar, borrowed from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem.

tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando


alano

Inherited from Old Spanish alán, from Latin Alānī.


mastín

From Old French mastin (modern French mâtin (“guard dog”)), from Vulgar Latin *mansuetīnus (“tamed (animal)”), from Latin mānsuetus (“tamed”).


mara

Dolichotis patagonum
Dolichotis patagonum#Translingual


ganso

es-noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

gansos (plural)
gansa (feminine)
gansas (feminine plural)

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.


mula

→ Ayutla Mixtec: mula

→ Taos: mùloʼóna

→ Zacatepec Chatino: mùlyā

Inherited from Old Spanish mula, from Latin mūla, feminine of mūlus (“mule”).

(Mexico) a smart, somewhat abusive person


estornino

Inherited from Latin sturnīnus (“gray like a starling”), from sturnus (“starling”).


urraca de América

es-noun

urraca de América f (plural urracas de América)


búho

Inherited from Old Spanish buho, bufo, from Late Latin būfus, probably of onomatopoeic origin; see also Ancient Greek βοῦφος (boûphos).


rubio

rubio m (plural rubios, feminine rubia, feminine plural rubias)

rubios (plural)
rubia (feminine)
rubias (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin rubeus. Doublet of roya or royo, as well as the borrowing rúbeo.


albur

From Andalusian Arabic البوري (al-búri), from Arabic بُورِيّ (būriyy), named from a city in Egypt.


adiestramiento

adiestramiento m (plural adiestramientos)


alcaraván

Borrowed from Arabic الْكَرَوَان (al-karawān) via Andalusian Arabic, from Classical Persian کَرْوَان (karwān).


guacamaya

(Cuba, Honduras) candle bush (Senna alata)


acémila

Borrowed from Arabic الزَّامِلَة (az-zāmila, “beast of burden”) (compare Maltese żiemel (“horse”)).


ciervo

es-noun

ciervo m (plural ciervos, feminine cierva, feminine plural ciervas)

ciervos (plural)
cierva (feminine)
ciervas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin cervus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂wós, from *ḱerh₂- (“horn”) (cf. Latin cornu).


búfalo

búfalo m (plural búfalos, feminine búfala, feminine plural búfalas)

búfalos (plural)
búfala (feminine)
búfalas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Late Latin bufalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “antelope, wild ox”).


sapo

es-noun

sapo m (plural sapos, feminine sapa, feminine plural sapas)

sapos (plural)
sapa (feminine)
sapas (feminine plural)

→ Gascon: sapo

→ San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: cosápo

Unknown, possibly an onomatopoeic borrowing from Iberian (denoting the noise a toad makes when upon falling into a puddle or onto wet ground), and cognate with Basque apo.


marfil

Inherited from Old Spanish almalfil, from Arabic عَظْم الْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, literally “elephant bone”) via Andalusian Arabic.

der

عَظْم الْفِيل

Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana


asno

es-noun

asno m (plural asnos, feminine asna, feminine plural asnas)

asnos (plural)
asna (feminine)
asnas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: asno

→ Classical Nahuatl: axnoh

→ Tagalog: asno

Inherited from Old Spanish asno, from Latin asinus.


lirón

→ Catalan: liró

Augmentative form of Old Spanish lir, from Latin glis (accusative glirem), less likely corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *gliro, *glironem. Compare Galician leirón, French liron, dated English loir.


solitario

es-adj

solitario (feminine solitaria, masculine plural solitarios, feminine plural solitarias)

solitaria (feminine)
solitarios (masculine plural)
solitarias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin sōlitārius. See also the inherited doublet soltero.


gavilán

Probably from a derivative of Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰 (*gabila), which would be related to Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”); compare Portuguese gavião and Old High German gabila, gabala.


sita

From translingual Sitta, the genus name.


galgo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”).


rinoceronte

es-noun

rinoceronte m (plural rinocerontes, feminine rinoceronta, feminine plural rinocerontas)

rinocerontes (plural)
rinoceronta (feminine)
rinocerontas (feminine plural)

From Latin rhīnocerōtem, from Ancient Greek ῥινόκερως (rhinókerōs), from ῥίς, ῥινός (rhís, rhinós, “nose”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”).


mero

→ English: mero

Possibly loaned from Catalan nero, from Latin Nerō, compared to the Roman emperor for its fierceness. Compare Old Occitan mero(n).


uro

Bos primigenius
Bos primigenius#Translingual


marica

From María + -ica, María being a common feminine given name.
Unrelated to the similar Ancient Greek μαρικᾶς (marikâs, “passive male sexual partner, debauchee”).


calderón

From caldera (“cauldron”) + -ón, or from a derivative of Late Latin caldaria or Latin caldarium. Compare Portuguese caldeirão, Italian calderone and French chaudron. Doublet of chodrón.


gorila

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

(Argentina, politics, derogatory) one who opposes Peronism


halcón

Inherited from Late Latin falcōnem, probably of Germanic origin. Doublet of falcón.

falcon (diurnal bird of prey in Falconidae and especially in Falco)

(slang, Mexico) spotter employed by drug dealers to keep watch on the street

(politics) hawk, hardliner (firm, uncompromising advocate of aggressive political positions)


macaca

es-noun

macaca f (plural macacas, masculine macaco, masculine plural macacos)

macacas (plural)
macaco (masculine)
macacos (masculine plural)

(South America, derogatory) Brazilian woman

(Honduras) macaca, a small coin equal to one peso


totol

totol m (plural totoles, feminine totola, feminine plural totolas)

totoles (plural)
totola (feminine)
totolas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tōtolin (“turkey hen”).


puerco

es-noun

puerco m (plural puercos, feminine puerca, feminine plural puercas)

puercos (plural)
puerca (feminine)
puercas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Spanish puerco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”).
The "police officer" slang sense is apparently a semantic loan from English pig.


perdiz

Inherited from Latin perdīx (“partridge”), from Ancient Greek πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”).

der

Tinamus major
Tinamus major#Translingual


negrito

From negro (“black”) + -ito (“diminutive suffix”). The -ito is generally thought to serve to make it more endearing and less offensive (compare Portuguese negão). For the Philippine sense, the -ito comes from the general description of the small stature of the specified people upon their first encounter.

suffix

(Philippines) Negrito; a member of a class of several ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of the Philippines, such as the Aeta people, or by extension, Southeast Asia


merlo

Inherited from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.


acortar

es-verb

acortar (first-person singular present acorto, first-person singular preterite acorté, past participle acortado)

acorto (first-person present singular)
acorté (first-person preterite singular)
acortado (participle past)
acortar (infinitive)
acortando (gerund)
acortado (masculine participle past singular)
acortada (feminine participle past singular)
acortados (masculine participle past plural)
acortadas (feminine participle past plural)
acorto (first-person indicative present singular)
acortas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
acortás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
acorta (indicative present singular third-person)
acortamos (first-person indicative plural present)
acortáis (indicative plural present second-person)
acortan (indicative plural present third-person)
acortaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acortabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acortaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acortábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acortabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acortaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acorté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
acortaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acortó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acortamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acortasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
acortaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acortaré (first-person future indicative singular)
acortarás (future indicative second-person singular)
acortará (future indicative singular third-person)
acortaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
acortaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
acortarán (future indicative plural third-person)
acortaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
acortarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
acortaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
acortaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
acortaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
acortarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
acorte (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acortes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
acortés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
acorte (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acortemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acortéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acorten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acortara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acortaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acortara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acortáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acortarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acortaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acortase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
acortases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
acortase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
acortásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
acortaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
acortasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
acortare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
acortares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
acortare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
acortáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
acortareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
acortaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
acorta (imperative informal second-person singular)
acortá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
acorte (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
acorte (imperative singular third-person)
acortemos (first-person imperative plural)
acortad (imperative plural second-person)
acorten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
acorten (imperative plural third-person)
acortes (imperative negative second-person singular)
acorte (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
acorte (imperative negative singular third-person)
acortemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
acortéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
acorten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
acorten (imperative negative plural third-person)
acortarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
acortarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
acortarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
acortarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
acortarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
acortaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
acortarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
acortarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
acortarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
acortarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
acortarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
acortarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
acortarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
acortarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
acortaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
acortarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
acortarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
acortarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
acortándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
acortándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
acortándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
acortándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
acortándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
acortándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
acortándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
acortándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
acortándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
acortándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
acortándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
acortándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
acortándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
acortándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
acortándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
acortándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
acortándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
acortándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
acórtame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
acórtate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
acórtale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acórtanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
acórtales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acórtame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
acórtate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
acórtalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acórtala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acórtanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
acórtalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acórtalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
acortame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
acortate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
acortale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acortanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
acortales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acortame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
acortate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
acortalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acortala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acortanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
acortalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acortalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
acórteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
acórtele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
acórteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
acórteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
acórtelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
acórtelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
acórtelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
acortémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
acortémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
acortémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
acortémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
acortémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
acortémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
acortémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
acortémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
acortémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
acortémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
acortémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
acortémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
acortadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
acortadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acortadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
acortaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
acortadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acortadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
acortadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acortadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acortadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
acortaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
acortadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acortadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
acórtenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
acórtenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
acórtenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
acórtenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
acórtense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

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