borrego

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish borrego.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bor‧re‧go

Noun

borrego m (plural borregos)

lamb

ensopado de borrego ― lamb stew

perna de borrego ― leg of lamb
(figuratively) lamb (person)

Spanish

Etymology

From borra (“year-old sheep”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boˈreɡo/, [boˈreɣo]

Noun

borrego m (plural borregos, feminine borrega, feminine plural borregas)

A sheep around its second year of age.
sheep (person)
A woolly, white cloud reminiscent of a sheep.

Derived terms

aborregar
borrego cimarrón
borreguero
borreguil

Further reading

“borrego” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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