carnero

See also: Carnero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós

Proto-Italic *agʷnos

Latin agnus

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(H)-

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kér(H)ō

Proto-Italic *karō

Latin carō

Latin -ēm

Latin carnem

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -ārius

Latin carnārius

Latin (agnus) carnārius

Spanish carnero

Inherited from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Galician and Portuguese carneiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈneɾo/ [kaɾˈne.ɾo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: car‧ne‧ro

Noun

carnero m (plural carneros)

1. a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male)

   Synonym: oveja

2. sheepskin (skin of a sheep)

   Synonym: badana

3. mutton (flesh of sheep used as food)
4. strikebreaker, scab (non-unionized worker hired to replace striking workers)

   Synonyms: rompehuelgas, esquirol

5. warty venus

Derived terms

• salto de carnero

Descendants

• → Cebuano: karnero
• → Hopi: kaneelo
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: calnielo, calnielojtli̱

Further reading

• “carnero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025