# cabra
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin capra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabɾa/ [ˈka.β̞ɾa]
* Rhymes: -abɾa
* Syllabification: ca‧bra

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabres)
* goat (animal)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros. Compare Occitan cabra, French chèvre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈka.βɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈka.bɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈka.bɾa]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Homophone: cabre

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabres)
* goat (mammal)
* nanny goat (female goat)
* goatskin
* crab louse
    Synonyms: lladella, poll del pubis
* European spider crab
    Synonyms: cabra del mar, cranca

#### Usage notes

* The term cabra can be used of a goat in general or of an adult female goat. An adult male goat is either the related term cabró or boc.

#### Derived terms

* cabra blanca (“mountain goat”)
* cabra salvatge
* cabrejar
* cabrella (“little spider crab”)
* cabrellot (“great crested grebe”)
* cabró (“he-goat”)
* cabrot (“he-goat”)
* estar com una cabra (“to be mad/crazy”)

#### Related terms

* cabirol
* cabrer
* càbria
* cabrit

### Further reading

* “cabra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “cabra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Anagrams

* barca

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan cabra.

### Noun

cabra (ORB, broad)
* Alternative form of chiévra (“goat”)

### References

* cabra in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ka.bʁa/
* Homophones: cabras, cabrât

### Verb

cabra
* third-person singular past historic of cabrer

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* craba

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabra (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin capra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabɾa/ [ˈkɑ.β̞ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -abɾa
* Hyphenation: ca‧bra

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabras)
* goat
    Synonym: cabuxa
* blackbelly rosefish (Helicolenus dactylopterus)
* (in the plural) stains in the legs caused by excessive heat
* gaper, comber (Serranus cabrilla)

#### Derived terms

* Cabra
* Cabrais
* Cabral
* Cabrariza
* Cabras
* Cabreira
* cabreiro
* Cabreiroá
* Cabreiros
* Cabrita
* Cabrois
* cabrón

### References

* “cabra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “cabra” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.bra/
* Rhymes: -abra
* Hyphenation: cà‧bra

### Verb

cabra
* inflection of cabrare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* barca, braca

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* chabra (Northern)
* craba (Gascony, Languedoc)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan cabra, from Latin capra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabro/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabras)
* (Languedoc) goat

#### Related terms

* cabrada
* cabraire, cabraira
* cabraudejar
* cabreta
* cabriboc
* cabrièr
* cabrit, cabrida

#### Descendants

* → Franco-Provençal: cabra

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈka.bɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈka.bɾɐ/ [ˈka.βɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -abɾɐ
* Hyphenation: ca‧bra
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Catalan cabra, Italian capra, French chèvre and Romanian capră.

#### Noun

cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabrão or bode, masculine plural cabrões or bodes)
* she-goat; nanny goat (female goat)
* (vulgar, offensive, regional) bitch (despicable woman)

##### Derived terms

* cabra-de-leque
* cabrinha

##### Related terms

* cabrão
* cabreiro
* cabrito
* cabro
* Capricórnio
* capricórnio
* caprígeno
* caprino
* chèvre

##### Descendants

* → Old Tupi: kabará

#### See also

* bode

### Etymology 2

Variant of cabrão.

#### Noun

cabra m (plural cabras)
* (Northeast Brazil) guy, dude

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French cabrer.

### Verb

a cabra (third-person singular present cabrează, past participle cabrat) 1st conjugation
* (transitive) to rear up (horse)

#### Conjugation
## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* capra, craba

### Etymology

From Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabras)
* goat

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cabra, from Latin capra, from caper, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkabɾa/ [ˈka.β̞ɾa]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -abɾa
* Syllabification: ca‧bra

### Noun

cabra f (plural cabras, masculine cabro, masculine plural cabros)
* female goat
* goat (unknown gender)
* (colloquial, Chile) girl

#### Usage notes

* While the general rule for gender-paired nouns in Romance languages is that the masculine is used when the gender is unknown, the words for goat descending from the Latin capra are an exception, with the feminine form used for goats of indeterminate gender.

#### Derived terms

* barba de cabra
* cabra de almizcle
* cabra del Tíbet
* cabracho
* cabrear
* cabrearse
* cabrilla
* cabrón
* camino de cabras
* chotacabras
* chupacabras
* como una cabra
* emborrachacabras
* estar más loco que una cabra
* la cabra siempre tira al monte
* pata de cabra
* pie de cabra

#### Related terms

* cabrahígo
* cabrero
* cabrita
* cabrito
* cabruno
* caprarius
* caprifoliáceo

#### See also

* chiva f
* chivo m

### Further reading

* “cabra”, 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

### Anagrams

* barca