perra

/ˈpera/ · A2 · noun · f

cunt

perra — cunt

🐕 perra = perro (dog) with feminine -a: literally a female dog

Same shift as English: the word for a female dog became an insult for a woman. In Spain, perra also named old copper coins (perra gorda, perra chica), whose stamped lion was mocked as a dog, so perras came to mean money.

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