lebrel

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

lebrel m (plural lebreles)

1. hound, (specifically) sighthound, whippet

Hyponyms

• galgo (“greyhound”)
• lebrel afgano (“Afghan hound”)
• lebrel húngaro (“Magyar agár”)
• lebrel irlandés (“Irish wolfhound”)
• lebrel italiano (“Italian greyhound”)
• levriero italiano (“Levriero Italiano”)

 

Related terms

• liebre

 

Further reading

• “lebrel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16