Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

remuda

/ɹəˈmuːdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: re-mu-da
IPA: /ɹəˈmuːdə/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"‘Don’t die!’ You can bet your Red River remuda on that."
"To one side of the barn was a remuda of work-horses, perhaps twenty in all."
"Buddy did not know what his mother was going to do, but he was sure that whatever she did would be right; so he hoisted his saddle on the handiest fresh horse, and loped off to drive in the remuda, feeling certain that his father would move swiftly to save his cattle that ranged back in the foothills, and that the saddle horses would be wanted at a moment's notice."
"A big remuda had been driven up, Cayuse ponies mixed with larger American horses."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish remuda.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɹəˈmuːdə/

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

remudas (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce remuda?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈmuːdə/.
What does remuda mean?: A herd of horses from which the horses to be used for a particular purpose are selected.
Where does remuda come from?: Borrowed from Spanish remuda.

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