potro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, of dubious deeper etymology, probably derived from Latin pullus. Doublet of poldro. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• Rhymes: -otɾu
• Hyphenation: po‧tro

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. (zoology) colt (young male horse), foal
2. (historical) horse-shaped torture instrument

• porto
• proto-
• tropo
• tropo-
• -tropo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus (“young animal”). Cognate with Italian poltro (“untamed, lazy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotɾo/ [ˈpo.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -otɾo
• Syllabification: po‧tro

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. (mammals) (young) stallion
2. (mammals) colt, foal
3. (Rioplatense, Paraguay, colloquial) An attractive person.

potro m (plural potros)

1. (torture) rack
2. (sports) vault, vaulting horse

• “potro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024