hebra

English

Etymology

Blend of horse +‎ zebra.

Noun

hebra (plural hebras)

1. The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.

Anagrams

• Baehr, Behar, Haber, Rehab., rehab

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fibra. Compare the borrowed doublet fibra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈebɾa/ [ˈe.β̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ebɾa
• Syllabification: he‧bra

Noun

hebra f (plural hebras)

1. thread, strand, filament

   Synonyms: hilo, filamento

2. fiber (a single elongated piece of a given material)

   Synonym: fibra

Derived terms

• deshebrar
• enhebrar
• hebroso
• pegar la hebra

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: hibla

Further reading

• “hebra”, 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