perro

See also: Perro, pero, and però

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

   Synonym: emperrado

   A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.

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

2. stubborn

   Synonym: teimoso

Derived terms

• emperrar

Noun

perro m (plural perros)

1. (rare) dog

   Synonyms: cão, cachorro

2. (figuratively) mischievous person

Derived terms

• aperrear (“to provoke a dog”)

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Spanish

Un perro

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Originally had a pejorative connotation. Supplanted the Latin word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs (compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”)). Another theory derives it from Iberian. Compare Asturian perru.

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, feminine plural perras)

1. dog

   Synonyms: can (formal), chucho (colloquial)

   Hyponyms: cachorro, quiltro

Derived terms

(diminutive perrillo or perrito)

Related terms

→

• aperrear
• emperrarse
• perra
• perrada
• perrear

• perrera
• perrero
• perrillo
• perrito
• perruno

Descendants

• → Portuguese: perro

See also

• pichicho

Further reading

• “perro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.