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cabra

goat

noun KAH-brah Rare
Animals & Nature Farm Animals

Origin: Latin capra

Usage Note

Cabra is the female goat; the male is el macho cabrío or el cabrón (though cabrón is a strong insult in most of Spain and Latin America — use with extreme caution). The idiom estar como una cabra means to be crazy or eccentric.

Examples

"La cabra trepó por las rocas con facilidad."

Natural Translation

The goat climbed over the rocks with ease.

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