perro

es-noun

perro m (plural perros, feminine perra, feminine plural perras, diminutive perrillo or perrito)

perros (plural)
perra (feminine)
perras (feminine plural)
perrillo (diminutive)
perrito (diminutive)

Chavacano: perro

→ Portuguese: perro

→ Yao (South America): pero

Inherited from Old Spanish perro (“cur”) (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.

inh+

por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron

perro callejero

Canis familiaris
Canis familiaris#Translingual

Canis lupus familiaris
Canis lupus familiaris#Translingual

dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)


bulldog

Unadapted borrowing from English bulldog.


corgi

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


sabueso

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


labrador

es-noun

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

ellipsis of Labrador retriever (“Labrador (retriever)”)


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”).


galgo

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


guau

woof, bow wow (the sound a dog makes when barking)


perro guardián

es-noun

perro guardián m (plural perros guardianes)


dálmata

es-adj

dálmata m or f (masculine and feminine plural dálmatas)


dálmata

es-noun

dálmata m or f by sense (plural dálmatas)


lebrel

Borrowed from French lévrier, from Late Latin leporārius (“relating to hares”), from Latin lepus (“hare”).

der

hound, (specifically) sighthound, whippet


sabueso lituano

es-noun

sabueso lituano m (plural sabuesos lituanos)


podenco ibicenco

podenco ibicenco m (plural podencos ibicencos)


quiltro

Borrowed from Mapudungun kiltro (“small and furry dog”).


dóberman

Borrowed from English Dobermann, from German Dobermann, from Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann, who first developed the breed.


chucho

(colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) male dog (in general)


perro de mil leches

es-noun

perro de mil leches m (plural perros de mil leches)


aguacatero

es-adj

aguacatero (feminine aguacatera, masculine plural aguacateros, feminine plural aguacateras)

aguacatera (feminine)
aguacateros (masculine plural)
aguacateras (feminine plural)

Ese perro es aguacatero.

Mi perra aguacatera parió ayer.

Viaje de regreso. He ido a la oficina y de regreso había un perro aguacatero negro-parche-blanco-en-ojo-izquierdo acompañándolo a todos lados.

2009, Mauricio Orellana Suárez, Ciudad de alado:

Return trip. I went to the office and on the way back there was a black-with-a-white-patch-on-its-left-eye mutt following him all over.


bóxer

(historical) Boxer (a participant in the Boxer Rebellion in China)


chihuahueño

es-noun

chihuahueño m (plural chihuahueños, feminine chihuahueña, feminine plural chihuahueñas)

chihuahueños (plural)
chihuahueña (feminine)
chihuahueñas (feminine plural)

Chihuahua (the breed of dog or an individual Chihuahua of this breed)


pastor alemán

pastor alemán m (plural pastores alemanes, feminine pastora alemana, feminine plural pastoras alemanas)

pastores alemanes (plural)
pastora alemana (feminine)
pastoras alemanas (feminine plural)


xoloscuintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōlōitzcuintli.

bor+

En cambio, en las fotografías de Freund la vemos, por ejemplo, dar de comer a los patos del estanque, mientras sus xoloscuintles revolotean a su alrededor, como queriendo pescar alguna migaja.

2015 July 23, “Giséle Freund en México”, in El País:


lazarillo

From Lázaro + -illo, after the title character of Lazarillo de Tormes who acts as a guide to a blind man.


braco

From Old Occitan brac, bracon, from Proto-Germanic *brakko (“setter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”). Related to Old High German bracchio.

der

braco de Borbón

Braque du Bourbonnais, Bourbonnais Pointer

braco de Saint Germain

St. Germain Pointing Dog, Braque Saint-Germain

braco italiano

Bracco, Italian Pointer, Bracco Italiano


pekinés

pekineses (plural)
pequinés (alternative)


ratonero bodeguero andaluz

es-noun

ratonero bodeguero andaluz m (plural ratoneros bodegueros andaluces)


podenco

Compare Portuguese and Galician podengo.

warren hound (any of a variety of dog breeds historically used for rabbit hunting, but bigger than a lebrel)


perro de presa

perro de presa m (plural perros de presa)


zaguate

280 zaguates, la gran mayoría viejitos, corren el riesgo de morir de frío luego de que las fuertes ráfagas de viento destecharon el albergue donde viven desde hace cinco años y los dejó prácticamente a la intemperie.

2017 December 18, “Subsección”, in La Nacion:


braco de Weimar

braco de Weimar m (plural bracos de Weimar)


lebrel afgano

lebrel afgano m (plural lebreles afganos)


galgo español

galgo español m (plural galgos españoles)


lobero irlandés

lobero irlandés m (plural loberos irlandeses)


lebrel irlandés

lebrel irlandés m (plural lebreles irlandeses)


lebrel italiano

lebrel italiano m (plural lebreles italianos)


galgo italiano

galgo italiano m (plural galgos italianos)


crestado rodesiano

crestado rodesiano m (plural crestados rodesianos)

crestados rodesianos (plural)
perro crestado rodesiano (alternative)


firulais

(slang, Mexico, El Salvador) any stray dog


perro salchicha

perro salchicha m (plural perros salchicha)