Feminine

ovelha

Sentences
Meaning

a female sheep; a ewe

Opposite of
carneiro
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/oˈve.ʎɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ovelha, from Latin ovicula (“little sheep”), diminutive of ovis (“sheep”), from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis or *h₃éwis (“sheep”). Compare Galician ovella, Mirandese oubeilha, Spanish oveja.

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