¿Se puede usar perra?

Question

Can you use perra to indicate a female dog or is that considered 'bad' language?

It is OK because Spanish has its own word "puta" - look in our dictionary - ian-hill, Oct 25, 2011

Answer 1

Si, puedes.

Sorry for the brevity... Yes, you can call a female dog una perra. I actually don't know if "perra" has the same connotations as "****". Never heard of the the word being used that way, but I'm not a native speaker.

That's funny. I typed in the word "b-itch" and the web-site censored it with ****! I hardly consider that obscene. - Jeremias, Oct 25, 2011

So it certainly is considered bad in English! - Jeremias, Oct 25, 2011

I have heard perra used in the same offensive way as in English, though it seems to not be at the level of being automatically sensored. :P - RosaVerde, Oct 25, 2011

Answer 2

Yes, you can use it to refer to a female dog. Spanish is a very flexible language. Words that are very offensive in English can be offensive in Spanish but they can also be considered fine and even cute and flirtatious. It all depends on the context and the tone of voice. I.E. Esa es la perra de María. Meaning, That is Maria's female dog. You can use the same exact expression but with an angry and mean intonation , you will be talking very nasty about María. Same with Gorda, gordo, negra, negro, flaco, flaca, etc.

Thanks so much for the responses everyone. I have generally used this word for female dog but this year a group of students came in and were shocked, told me they learned that they should never use it. I didn't agree but figured I'd get some good back-up. - profek, Oct 25, 2011

Answer 3

I think both in English and Spanish this word is fine, when used about dogs. If used about women, it can be funny, or even affectionate, depending on the tone of voice. it can be offensive, certainly, but then so can cow. I haven't got tiem to find a picture, sorry.

Answer 4

Perra es la forma femenina de perro, pero algunos lo usan de forma ofensiva hacia algunas mujeres cuando se refieren a ellas como ****.

espero que te ayude.

bye =)