potro

See also: potrò

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, of dubious deeper etymology, probably derived from Latin pullus. Doublet of poldro. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.tɾu/

• Rhymes: -otɾu
• Hyphenation: po‧tro

Noun

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. (zoology) colt (young male horse), foal
2. (historical) horse-shaped torture instrument

Synonyms

nouns

• cavalete m
• ecúleo m
• poldro m

Derived terms

nouns

• potreiro m

verbs

• estar no potro

See also

nouns

• cavalo m
• tortura f

Further reading

• “potro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “potro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Anagrams

• porto
• proto-
• tropo
• tropo-
• -tropo

Spanish

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potro

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus (“young animal”). Cognate with Italian poltro (“untamed, lazy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotɾo/ [ˈpo.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -otɾo
• Syllabification: po‧tro

Noun

potro m (plural potros, feminine potra, feminine plural potras)

1. (mammals) (young) stallion
2. (mammals) colt, foal
3. (Rioplatense, Paraguay, colloquial) An attractive person.

Derived terms

• bota de potro
• despotricar
• empotrar
• potranca
• potranco
• potrero
• potrillo
• potro con arcos
• salto de potro

Noun

potro m (plural potros)

1. (torture) rack
2. (sports) vault, vaulting horse

Further reading

• “potro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025