perro

Inherited from Spanish perro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpero/, [ˈpe.ro]
• Hyphenation: pe‧rro

perro

1. dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)

perro m (Hebrew spelling פירו)^[1]

1. alternative form of pero
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[1], Editions Vidas Largas, page 221:

     La limpyeza era el fetcho de una banda de perros errantes, flakos i yenos de pulgas ke se kargavan de desbarasar los montones de suzyeda.

     Cleanliness was in a pack of stray dogs’ [best] interest, as they were weak and lousy from so much filth.

Uncertain. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

perro m (plural perros)

1. (derogatory) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding) [ca. 1200]

   Synonym: can

• Ladino: pero, perro, פירו
• Spanish: perro
  • Chavacano: perro
  • → Portuguese: perro
  • → Yao (South America): pero

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “perro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 391

Borrowed from Spanish perro (“dog”).

• Rhymes: -eʁu
• Hyphenation: per‧ro

perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

1. stiff (of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible)

   Synonym: emperrado

   A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.

   The door is stuck, I can't open it.

2. stubborn

   Synonym: teimoso

perro m (plural perros)

1. (rare) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)

   Synonyms: cão, cachorro

2. (figurative) mischievous person

• aperrear (“to provoke a dog”)

Inherited from Old Spanish perro (“cur”) (ca. 1200), of uncertain origin. Originally had a pejorative connotation, but soon began to supplant the Latin word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpero/ [ˈpe.ro]

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• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: pe‧rro

perro m (plural perros, feminine perra, feminine plural perras, diminutive perrillo or perrito)

1. dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)

   Synonyms: (formal) can, (colloquial) chucho

   perro callejero ― stray dog

2. (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin

   Hyponyms: cachorro, quiltro

3. (derogatory) asshole (despicable person)

• Chavacano: perro
• → Portuguese: perro
• → Yao (South America): pero

perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)

1. doggy or doggish
2. awful
3. wicked; mean

• pichicho

• “perro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024