potra

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpo.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpo.tɾa]

Borrowed from Spanish potra.

potra f (plural potres)

1. inguinal hernia
2. good luck
3. colic (persistent anger or crying in children)

Uncertain.

potra f (plural potres)

1. Alternative form of poltra (“filly”)

• “potra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “potra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “potra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Russian бодрый (bodryj).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotrɑ/, [ˈpo̞t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otrɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pot‧ra

potra (comparative potrempi, superlative potrin) (colloquial)

1. energetic, lively (mostly only used of boys, particularly male babies)

Nowadays mostly only in the expression potra poika.

• “potra”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

potra f (plural potras)

1. female equivalent of potro
2. (medicine) intestinal hernia
3. (botany) a disease that causes bulges to appear on the stems of plants
4. (Brazil, colloquial) luck; good fortune

   Synonyms: sorte, fortuna

5. arrogance; haughtiness

   Synonyms: arrogância, soberba

From potro (whose own etymology is unknown).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotɾa/ [ˈpo.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -otɾa
• Syllabification: po‧tra

potra f (plural potras)

1. female equivalent of potro; filly, (young) mare, foal

• yegua
• caballo

• “potra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28