yegua

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin equa (cf. Catalan euga, Galician egua, Portuguese égua, Romanian iapă), feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈʝe.ɣwa/, X-SAMPA: /"j\e.Gwa/

Noun

yegua f (plural yeguas)

1. mare
2. heifer
3. a contemptible fat woman
4. The letter Y in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• enyegüecer

See also

• caballo