What is the special word for a female horse?
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I can't find it when I searched for it. I know it is not related to "caballo.'
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updated Jan 28, 2012
posted by BMpatrol
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It's Yegua if you mean a mare. I've heard it used to describe a beautiful woman I once knew in Barcelona but perhaps the nickname was a one-off used for her only.
updated Jan 27, 2012
posted by lagartijaverde
That's the word, thank you so much!! - BMpatrol, Jan 26, 2012
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yegua = mare, potra and potranca = filly or young mare. My workers rarely or never use the latter two, but they use yegua a lot.
updated Jan 27, 2012
posted by KevinB
I was wondering about the others, yeah, thank you for letting me know that clears up a lot! - BMpatrol, Jan 26, 2012
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Are any words more special than others?
updated Jan 28, 2012
posted by afowen
In a sense yes. There's the generic 'horse', and there's the special case of 'mare', or adult female horse. - KevinB, Jan 28, 2012
Mare is more specific than horse but I'm not sure that that makes it any more special... - afowen, Jan 28, 2012
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yegua
updated Jan 27, 2012
posted by Rey_Mysterio
