cebra

Asturian

Noun

cebra f (plural cebres)

1. zebra

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese zevra (“onager”), of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”). See also cebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθeβɾɐ]

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebra

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin zephyrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθeβɾɐ]

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. rainstorm

   Synonym: temporal

Derived terms

• cebrina

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “zeura”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cebra”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cebra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cebra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Leonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zebra, from Old Spanish ezebra or Portuguese zebra, from Portuguese zebra, zebro (“zebra”), from Old Galician-Portuguese enzebro, both from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”), possibly through another Romance language first. Compare Portuguese zebra.

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebras

References

• “cebra”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2026

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.bra/
• Rhymes: -ɛbra
• Syllabification: ce‧bra

Noun

cebra m

1. genitive singular of ceber

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zebra (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ezebra, of uncertain origin. Likely from Vulgar Latin *eciferus, from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”), possibly through another Romance language first. Compare Portuguese zebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθebɾa/ [ˈθe.β̞ɾa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsebɾa/ [ˈse.β̞ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: ce‧bra

Noun

cebra f (plural cebras)

1. zebra (african animal)

Derived terms

• paso cebra
• paso de cebra
• pez cebra

Further reading

• “cebra”, 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