carnero
See also: Carnero
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin (agnus) carnārius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾˈneɾo/ [kaɾˈne.ɾo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: car‧ne‧ro
Noun
carnero m (plural carneros)
- a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male)
- Synonym: oveja
- sheepskin (skin of a sheep)
- Synonym: badana
- mutton (flesh of sheep used as food)
- strikebreaker, scab (non-unionized worker hired to replace striking workers)
- Synonyms: rompehuelgas, esquirol
Derived terms
- salto de carnero
Descendants
- → Cebuano: karnero
- → Hopi: kaneelo
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: calnielo, calnielojtli̱
Further reading
- “carnero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014