potro

From Vulgar Latin *pulliter. Doublet of poldro.

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• Hyphenation: po‧tro

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. colt (young male horse)

• potreiro

From Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus (“young animal”). Cognate with Italian poltro (“untamed, lazy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotɾo/ [ˈpo.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -otɾo
• Syllabification: po‧tro

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. (mammals) (young) stallion
2. (mammals) colt, foal

potro m (plural potros)

1. (torture) rack
2. (sports) vault, vaulting horse
3. (Argentina, colloquial) stud (attractive, muscular man)

• “potro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014