Noun: zevro
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | zevro |
| Singular f | zevra |
| Plural m | zevros |
| Plural f | zevras |
Sample Sentences
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Item esta es a brancagem. conuem a ssaber. de zeura vi dinheiros. de vaca vi dinheiros. de cervo im dinheiros. [15th century, Costumes de Terena e communicados d'Evora; republished as Portugaliae Monumenta Historica, volume II, Leges et Consuetudines, Lisbon: ACL, 1868, page 84:]
Nouns inflected like zevro
barbaro,
passaro,
namorado,
baesteiro,
ligeyro,
castelão,
amigo,
fillo,
filho,
louco,
menỹo,
bogio,
irmão,
judio,
preso,
tio,
santo,
yrmão,
zevro,
aldeião, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From earlier *ezevro, ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus (“fool, wild ass, donkey”), from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) + ferus (“wild”).
2. Cognate with Old Spanish zebro. See: Latin Nouns '
equiferus'.
Verbs referencing "zevro"
Portuguese Nouns
zebra, Galician Nouns
cebro.
Translations