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madrina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English

Syllables
mad-ri-na
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrinabor. English madrina Borrowed from Spanish madrina.

Inflected Forms

madrinas (plural)

Questions

What does madrina mean?
An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
Where does madrina come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr Proto-Italic *mātēr Latin mātr Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin īna Early Medieval Latin mātrīna Spanish madrinabor. English madrina Borrowed from Spanish madrina.

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