cuatropea
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish cuadrupea, from Latin (animālia) quadrupedia "four-legged (animals)". The modern form presumably reflects influence from cuatro (“four”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuatropea f (plural cuatropeas)
- quadruped
- (historical) tax on the sale of livestock
References
[edit]- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cuadro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 256
Further reading
[edit]- “cuatropea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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