ciervo

/ˈθjeɾbo/ · B2 · noun · m

deer

ciervo — deer

🦌 ciervo sounds like 'see-AIR-vo' — a deer 'serves' the forest: see + serve

Say 'thyair-vo' (or 'syair-vo' in Latin America). Link it to English 'cervine', meaning deer-like, which comes from the same Latin root cervus. Spanish ciervo and English cervine both come from cervus, 'stag'.

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