carnero

See also: Carnero

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin (agnus) carnārius. Compare Galician and Portuguese carneiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈneɾo/ [kaɾˈne.ɾo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: car‧ne‧ro

Noun

carnero m (plural carneros)

1. a sheep, a ram (woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis, especially a male)

   Synonym: oveja

2. sheepskin (skin of a sheep)

   Synonym: badana

3. mutton (flesh of sheep used as food)
4. 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