manada

/maˈnada/ · B2 · noun · f

herd

🐃🐺 manada = mano (hand) + -ada: a handful, then a whole herd

From Latin manus, hand. A manada was first what fits in one hand, like a handful of grain. Later it came to mean a group of animals kept together: una manada de lobos is a pack of wolves, and una manada de elefantes is a herd of elephants.

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