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perdiz

partridge

noun pehr-DEES Rare
Animals & Nature Birds

Origin: From Latin perdix, from Greek perdix.

Usage Note

Perdiz is feminine (la perdiz). Its plural is perdices — a -z → -ces spelling change worth noting. It appears in the popular fairy-tale closing formula y fueron felices y comieron perdices ('and they lived happily ever after', literally 'and they ate partridges'), which every Spanish speaker knows.

Examples

"Cazaron una perdiz en el campo."

Natural Translation

They hunted a partridge in the field.

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