cordero
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cordārium (“late-born lamb”), from Latin chordus (“late-born”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koɾˈdeɾo/ [koɾˈð̞e.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: cor‧de‧ro
Noun
cordero m (plural corderos, feminine cordera, feminine plural corderas)
- lamb
Derived terms
(diminutive corderillo or corderito)
- Cordero de Dios
- la madre del cordero
- lobo con piel de cordero
Descendants
- → Cebuano: kordero
- → Ladino: kodrero
- → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: colélo
- → Tagalog: kordero
- → Yosondúa Mixtec: lelu
Further reading
- “cordero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014