perro
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Spanish perro (“dog”).
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Adjective[edit]
perro m (feminine singular perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras, comparable)
- 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.
- A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.
- stubborn
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Noun[edit]
perro m (plural perros)
- (rare) a dog
- a mischievous person
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
perro m (feminine singular perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)
Noun[edit]
perro m (plural perros, feminine perra)
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Spanish
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