pécora
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pecora, neuter plural of pecus (“cattle”), via Italian pecora (“sheep”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: pé‧co‧ra
Noun
[edit]pécora f (plural pécoras)
- head of cattle
- (derogatory, colloquial) prostitute (woman with a bad grade)
- (regional, derogatory) frivolous girl/bitch
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin pecora, neuter plural of pecus (“cattle”).
Noun
[edit]pécora f (plural pécoras)
Further reading
[edit]- “pécora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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