cabro

See also: cabrò and cabró

Italian

Verb

cabro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cabrare

Anagrams

• cobra
• corba

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin caper, caprum.

Noun

cabro m ‎(plural cabros, feminine cabra)

1. male goat
2. (Chile, Paraguay, colloquial, Puerto Rico) kid (clarification of this Spanish definition is being sought)
3. (Chile, Paraguay, colloquial, Puerto Rico) boy
4. (Peru, vulgar) fag (clarification of this Spanish definition is being sought)

Usage notes

• While the general rule for gender-paired nouns in Romance languages is that the male is used when the gender is unknown, the words for goat descending from the Latin capra are an exception, with the feminine form used for goats of indeterminate gender.

Synonyms

• (male goat): cabrón
• (goat): chivo
• (kid, boy): chaval m, chico m, muchacho m, niño m