Today's WOTD is: "oveja" = sheep
In
Spanish, the noun "oveja" is a feminine noun
of Latin origin which means sheep. The Spanish noun “oveja”
also means ewe. The masculine noun “carnero” refers
to the male animal and means ram.
A
Spanish word often associated with “oveja” is “redil”,
which means pen or fold.
Grammar.-
Please note that, unlike its English counterpart, which is both
singular and plural, the Spanish noun 'oveja' has a normal
plural, 'ovejas'.
Some
commonly used expressions containing the words "oveja"
and “redil” are:
- Cada oveja con su pareja (birds of a feather flock together);
- Encomendar las ovejas al lobo (to put the wolf in charge of protecting the sheep);
- Oveja descarriada (lost sheep);
- Oveja negra (black sheep);
- Un rebaño (de ovejas) (a flock of sheep);
- Volver al redil (to return to the fold);
Some
examples of the use of the word "oveja"
are:
- Lo que vas a hacer es como encomendar las ovejas al lobo (what you are going to do is like putting the wolf in charge of protecting the sheep);
- Pedro es la oveja negra de la familia (Pedro is the black sheep of the family);
- La batalla de Don Quijote contra un rebaño de ovejas (Don Quixote's battle with a flock of sheep);
- La oveja descarriada vuelve al redil (the lost sheep returns to the fold);
For
more on the word "oveja",
visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Oveja
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “oveja”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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