Kilo Lingo

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masculine

/ˈburo/

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Coloured illustration of burro
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Translation

donkey

Word origin

From Late Latin burricus ('small horse'), probably from burrus ('reddish'), from Greek pyrros ('flame-coloured'). The word later shifted from horse to donkey in Spanish.

Origin
Late Latin
Root
burricus

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralburros

Examples

carga .

The donkey carried the load along the path.

vaca.

On the farm there are two donkeys and a cow.

.

Do not be a fool and think before you speak.

montó .

The boy rode the donkey for the first time.

¡ terco !

What a stubborn donkey this animal is!

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This word is part of lesson 65.