hembra

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hembra. Doublet of feme, femina, and femme.

Noun

hembra (plural hembras)

1. A female llama.

   Coordinate term: macho

Translations

female llama

• German: Lamastute f
• Portuguese: lama fêmea m
• Volapük: jilamad

See also

• List of animal names on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Alternative forms

• fembra, henbra (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish femna, fembra, from Latin fēmina (“female”), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“(f.) one who is sucked; one who suckles”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Doublet of fémina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈembɾa/ [ˈẽm.bɾa]

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• Rhymes: -embɾa
• Syllabification: hem‧bra

Noun

hembra f (plural hembras)

1. female

   Coordinate terms: macho, varón

   • 1974, “Instituciones”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:

     "Tenés sábados, hembras y televisores / Tenés días para andar aún sin los pantalones." / No preguntes más!

     You have Saturdays, women, and televisions / You have days when you can go without even wearing pants / Don't ask any more questions!

   • 1978, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué bonito es Badalona”:

     Qué bonito es Badalona / Con sus viejos y sus niños / Con sus hembras y sus hombres

     How pretty is Badalona / With its old and its young / With its women and its men

Derived terms

• abrótano hembra
• helecho hembra
• mañío hembra
• sanícula hembra

 

Descendants

• → English: hembra

Further reading

• “hembra”, 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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