borrego

/boˈreɣo/

el noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
borregos

Meaning

  1. lamb

    • Los borregos pastan.

      The lambs graze.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

cordero

cordero is the standard word for "lamb," the meat or animal; borrego is more regional or colloquial, and can figuratively mean someone who follows blindly, like a "sheep."

Similar in other languages

French

agneau

agneau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "lamb."

Portuguese

cordeiro

cordeiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "lamb."

Practice

1 What does borrego mean?

2 Fill the gap: Los ___ pastan.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches borrego?

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