Cabrera

See also: cabrera and cabrerà

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, from Catalan.

Proper noun

Cabrera

1. A surname from Spanish.
   • 2009 April 14, Richard Sandomir, “Live From the Masters, It’s Not the Leaders”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     But Perry, Cabrera and Campbell could hear the Masters bird choir tweeting (that’s 140 characters or less, ornithologically speaking) over the quiet of the gallery following them.

   • 2025 June 7, Jacob Crosse, “Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids”, in World Socialist Web Site‎, archived from the original on 12 June 2025:

     Saito was with fellow WSWS reporter and SEP member Liz Cabrera when police agents began firing on the crowd.

3. A town and municipality of Sumipaz province, Cundinamarca department, Colombia.
5. A town and municipality of Santander department, Colombia.
7. A town and municipality of María Trinidad Sánchez province, Dominican Republic.
9. An uninhabited island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, off the coast of Mallorca.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cabrera is the 376^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 83621 individuals. Cabrera is most common among Hispanic/Latino (91.02%) individuals.

Anagrams

• barrace

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəˈβɾe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəˈbɾe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈbɾe.ɾa]

Proper noun

Cabrera f

1. Cabrera (an uninhabited island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, off the coast of Mallorca)

Proper noun

Cabrera m or f by sense

1. a surname

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cab‧re‧ra
• IPA^(key): /kabˈɾeɾa/ [kɐbˈɾ̪i.ɾ̪ɐ]

Proper noun

Cabrera

1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəbˈɾeɾə/ [kəbˈɾɛː.ɾə]
• Hyphenation: Cab‧re‧ra

Proper noun

Cabrera

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabˈɾeɾa/, [kabˈɾɪ.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: Cab‧re‧ra

Proper noun

Cabrera

1. a surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾeɾa/ [kaˈβ̞ɾe.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Ca‧bre‧ra

Proper noun

Cabrera m or f by sense

1. an occupational surname
2. Cabrera (a town and municipality of Sumipaz province, Cundinamarca department, Colombia)
3. Cabrera (a town and municipality of Santander department, Colombia)
4. Cabrera (a town and municipality of María Trinidad Sánchez province, Dominican Republic)
5. Cabrera (an uninhabited island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, off the coast of Mallorca)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cabrera, occupational surname for a goatherd. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈbɾeɾa/ [kɐˈbɾɛː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: Ca‧bre‧ra

Proper noun

Cabrera (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜊ᜔ᜇᜒᜇ)

1. a common surname from Spanish, equivalent to Spanish Cabrera, widespread across Tagalog-speaking areas but most concentrated around Metro Manila, Batangas, Cavite, Laguna and Bulacan