hembra

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish hembra. Doublet of feme, femina, and femme. === Noun === hembra (plural hembras) A female llama. Coordinate term: macho ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== List of animal names on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Alternative forms === fembra, henbra (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish femna, fembra, from Latin 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, which is a direct borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈembɾa/ [ˈẽm.bɾa] Rhymes: -embɾa Syllabification: hem‧bra === Noun === hembra f (plural hembras) female Coordinate terms: macho, varón ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: hembra === Further reading === “hembra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === hambre