🇪🇸 Spanish

cabra

feminine

la cabra

goat

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cabra
/la ˈkaβɾa/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cabra in Spanish?

IPA
/la ˈkaβɾa/

How do you pronounce cabra in Spanish?

cabra is pronounced /la ˈkaβɾa/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cabra blanca saltaba alegremente por la montaña.

The white goat was jumping happily around the mountain.

Esta cabra preñada será una excelente madre para sus cabritos.

This pregnant goat will be an excellent mother for her kids.

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Why is it feminine?

Cabra (goat) is feminine because it derives from Latin "capra," which was feminine in gender, and Spanish inherited this grammatical classification along with the word itself. Like most Romance languages, Spanish preserved the Latin gender assignments for inherited vocabulary.

What is the Spanish word for goat?

The Spanish word for goat is la cabra — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchchèvrelafeminine

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