pernera

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin perna

Spanish pierna

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āria

Spanish -era

Spanish pernera

From pierna + -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾˈneɾa/ [peɾˈne.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: per‧ne‧ra

Noun

pernera f (plural perneras)

1. pant leg (of a pair of trousers, shorts etc.)

   Synonym: pernil

Further reading

• “pernera”, 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