corral

/koˈral/ · B2 · noun · m

cow pen

🐴 corral sounds like 'cor-RAL' – English borrowed it unchanged for horse pens

English 'corral' comes straight from Spanish, so the word is already familiar. Link the sound 'cor-RAL' to the ranch pen where horses are kept: the same word, the same enclosure, in both languages.

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