Feminine
yegua
Meaning
- (feminine) mare (female horse)
- (feminine) heifer (female cow)
- (Cuba, Uruguay, colloquial, derogatory, feminine) contemptible woman
- (Guatemala, Honduras, feminine) cigarette butt, fag
- (feminine) the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Concepts
Synonyms
jument
Stute
égua
cavalla
merrie
φοράδα
euga
equa
kısrak
فرسFrequency
Hyphenated as
ye‧gua
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʝeɡwa/
Etymology
In summary
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Italic *ekwos Latin equus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin equa Old Spanish yegua Spanish yegua Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”).
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