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manada

herd

noun mah-NAH-dah Rare
Animals & Nature Wild Animals

Also means

pack; flock

Usage Note

Manada is the general word for a group of wild or domestic animals (una manada de lobos — a pack of wolves; una manada de vacas — a herd of cattle). Figuratively it can refer dismissively to a crowd of people, and it gained high-profile notoriety in Spain after the 2016 La Manada rape case.

Examples

"Una manada de lobos cruzó el bosque."

Natural Translation

A pack of wolves crossed the forest.

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