yegua

== Aragonese == === Alternative forms === yeugua === Etymology === From Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”). Compare Catalan euga, Spanish yegua, Galician egua, Portuguese égua, Romanian iapă. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʝeɡwa/ Syllabification: ye‧gua Rhymes: -eɡwa === Noun === yegua f (plural yeguas) mare === References === “yegua”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish) Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “yegua”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN == Fala == === Alternative forms === egua (Lagarteiru, Mañegu) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish yegua, from Latin equa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjeɡwa/ Rhymes: -eɡwa Syllabification: ye‧gua === Noun === yegua f (plural yeguas) (Mañegu, Valverdeñu) mare === References === Valeš, Miroslav (2021), Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN, page 286 == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin equa, from equus + -a. === Noun === yegua f (plural yeguas) mare (female horse) ==== Descendants ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish yegua, from Latin equa, feminine form of equus (“horse”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɡwa Syllabification: ye‧gua === Noun === yegua f (plural yeguas, masculine caballo, masculine plural caballos) mare (female horse) heifer (female cow) (Cuba, Uruguay, derogatory, colloquial) contemptible woman (Guatemala, Honduras) cigarette butt, fag the letter Y in the Spanish spelling alphabet ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === See also === === Further reading === “yegua”, 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 “yegua”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010