# perro
## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish perro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpero/, [ˈpe.ro]
* Hyphenation: pe‧rro

### Noun

perro
* dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)

## Ladino
### Noun

perro m (Hebrew spelling פירו)
* Alternative form of pero
** 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 221:La limpyeza era el fetcho de una banda de perros errantes, flakos i yenos de pulgas ke se kargavan de desbarasar los montones de suzyeda.Cleanliness was in a pack of stray dogs’ [best] interest, as they were weak and lousy from so much filth.

### References

* ↑ “perro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

### Verb

perro m (plural perros)
* (derogatory) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding) [ca. 1200]
    Synonym: can

#### Descendants

* Ladino: pero, perro, פירו
* Spanish: perro
** Chavacano: perro
** → Portuguese: perro
** → Yao (South America): pero

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “perro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 391

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perro (“dog”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe.ʁu/ [ˈpe.hu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe.ʁu/ [ˈpe.hu]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpe.ʁu/ [ˈpe.χu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpe.ʁo/ [ˈpe.ho]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpe.ʁu/
* Rhymes: -eʁu
* Hyphenation: per‧ro

### Adjective

perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)
* stiff (of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible)
    Synonym: emperrado
    A porta está perra, não a consigo abrir.The door is stuck, I can't open it.
* stubborn
    Synonym: teimoso

#### Derived terms

* emperrar

### Noun

perro m (plural perros)
* (rare) dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
    Synonyms: cão, cachorro
* (figurative) mischievous person

#### Derived terms

* aperrear (“to provoke a dog”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish perro (“cur”) (ca. 1200), of uncertain origin. Originally had a pejorative connotation, but soon began to supplant the Latin word can. Perhaps from a call used for dogs; compare Galician apurrar (“set the dogs on”). Another theory derives it from Iberian; compare Asturian perru. If so, it may be related to Spanish zorro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpero/ [ˈpe.ro]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -ero
* Syllabification: pe‧rro

### Noun

perro m (plural perros, feminine perra, feminine plural perras, diminutive perrillo or perrito)
* dog (the species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding)
    Synonyms: (formal) can, (colloquial) chucho
    perro callejero ― stray dog
* (Chile) clothes peg, clothespin
    Hyponyms: cachorro, quiltro
* (derogatory) asshole (despicable person)

#### Derived terms

* a cara de perro
* a otro perro con ese hueso
* a perro flaco, todo son pulgas
* alma de perro
* aperrar
* aperrear
* atar los perros con longaniza
* cabeza de perro
* cara de perro
* cola de perro
* compañón de perro
* dar perro muerto
* de perros
* Despeñaperros
* día de perros
* diente de perro
* echar los perros
* echarle los perros
* emperrarse
* hacer perro muerto
* hincar el perro
* humor de perros
* lengua de perro
* llevarse como el perro y el gato
* más raro que un perro verde
* muerto el perro, se acabó la rabia
* noche de perros
* pan de perro
* pata de perro
* perejil de perro
* perra
* perrada
* perrear
* perrera
* perrero
* perrillo
* perrito
* perro antiexplosivos
* perro caliente
* perro de agua
* perro de caza
* perro de mil leches
* perro de muestra
* perro de presa
* perro del mal
* perro faldero
* perro guardián
* perro guía
* perro ladrador, poco mordedor
* perro pastor
* perro que ladra no muerde
* perro que no camina, no encuentra hueso
* perro salchicha
* perro salvaje africano
* perro viejo
* perruno
* por un perro que maté, mataperros me llamaron
* posición del perro
* si es un perro, muerde
* tiempo de perros
* uva de perro
* vejiga de perro
* vida de perros

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: perro
* → Portuguese: perro
* → Yao (South America): pero

### Adjective

perro (feminine perra, masculine plural perros, feminine plural perras)
* doggy or doggish
* awful
* wicked; mean

### See also

* pichicho

### Further reading

* “perro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10