hembra
English
    
    
Translations
    
female llama
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See also
    
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Spanish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- fembra, henbra (obsolete)
Etymology
    
From Old Spanish femna, fembra, from Latin fēminam, accusative singular of fēmina (“female”), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (“(f.) one who is sucked; one who suckles”), derivation of the verbal root *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Doublet of fémina.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈembɾa/ [ˈẽm.bɾa]
- Rhymes: -embɾa
- Syllabification: hem‧bra
Noun
    
hembra f (plural hembras)
- female
-  1974, “Instituciones”, in Pequeñas anécdotas sobre las instituciones, performed by Sui Generis:- "Tenés sábados, hembras y televisores / Tenés días para andar aún sin los pantalones." / No preguntes más!- (please add an English translation of this quote)
 
 
-  1978, Joan Manuel Serrat (lyrics and music), “Qué bonito es Badalona”:- Qué bonito es Badalona / Con sus viejos y sus niños / Con sus hembras y sus hombres- (please add an English translation of this quote)
 
 
 
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Descendants
    
- → English: hembra
Further reading
    
- “hembra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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