la

feminine

/ˈpera/

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Translation

female dog; bitch

Word origin

Feminine of perro ('dog'), a word of obscure and disputed origin with no agreed Latin etymon, possibly imitative of a sound used to call animals.

Origin: uncertain
Root: perro

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralperras

Examples

My dog is called Luna.

The dog had five little ones.

ladra .

The dog barks every time someone arrives.

Our dog sleeps next to the bed.

We adopted a dog from the shelter last month.

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This word is part of lesson 18.