hebra

English

Etymology

Blend of horse +‎ zebra.

Noun

hebra (plural hebras)

The offspring of a cross between a horse sire and a zebra dam.

Anagrams

Baehr, Behar, Haber, Rehab., rehab

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fibra. Compare the borrowed doublet fibra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈebɾa/ [ˈe.β̞ɾa]
Rhymes: -ebɾa
Syllabification: he‧bra

Noun

hebra f (plural hebras)

thread, strand, filament
Synonyms: hilo, filamento
fiber (a single elongated piece of a given material)
Synonym: fibra

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Tagalog: hibla

Further reading

“hebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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