perro

See also: pero and però

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish perro (“dog”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ʁu/
• Hyphenation: per‧ro

Adjective

perro m (feminine singular perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras, comparable)

1. stiff (of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible)

   A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.

   The door is stuck, I can't open it.

2. stubborn

Synonyms

• (stiff): emperrado
• (stubborn): teimoso

Derived terms

• emperrar

Noun

perro m (plural perros)

1. (rare) a dog
2. a mischievous person

Synonyms

• (dog): cão, cachorro

Derived terms

• aperrear

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Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Originally pejorative, it replaced the native word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs (compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”)). Another theory derives it from Iberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpero/

Adjective

perro (feminine singular perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

1. doggy, doggish
2. awful
3. wicked, mean

Noun

perro m (plural perros, feminine perra)

1. dog

Synonyms

• cachorro, can, chucho

Related terms

Related terms

• aperrear
• emperrarse
• perra f
• perrada
• perrear

• perrera f
• perrero
• perrillo
• perrito m
• perruno adj

See also

• cachorro m
• can m
• chucho m
• pichicho m
• quiltro m