cordero

Catalan

Noun

cordero m (plural corderos) (Valencia)

1. Alternative form of corder (“lamb”)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cordārium (“late-born lamb”), from Latin chordus (“late-born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koɾˈdeɾo/ [koɾˈð̞e.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: cor‧de‧ro

Noun

cordero m (plural corderos, feminine cordera, feminine plural corderas)

1. lamb

Derived terms

(diminutive corderillo or corderito)

• Cordero de Dios
• la madre del cordero
• lobo con piel de cordero

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kordero
• → Ladino: kodrero
• → San Juan Atzingo Popoloca: colélo
• → Tagalog: kordero
• → Yosondúa Mixtec: lelu

Further reading

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