Polyglot Dictionary

cordero

/koɾˈðeɾo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
corderos

Meaning

  1. lamb

    • Comimos cordero asado.

      We ate roast lamb.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

borrego

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 cordero mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comimos ___ asado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cordero?

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