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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvira-lata
Pronunciation / Transliteration: vi-ra la-ta
"O vira-lata correu atrás da bola."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dog of no definite breed or type, resulting from the crossing of different breeds.
"They adopted a lively mongrel from the local animal shelter." - 2
Anything of mixed origin, character, or type.
"The programming language they created is a mongrel of several older languages."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'mongrel', a diminutive of Old English 'gemong' meaning 'mixture' or 'crowd', related to 'mengan' (to mix). Historically evolving from a descriptor for mixed-breed animals to a broader metaphorical term for anything of mixed origin.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mongrel" is said worldwide
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bâtard
Transliteration: ba-tar
"C'est un chien bâtard très amical."
Köter
Transliteration: kö-ter
"Der kleine Köter bellt den ganzen Tag."
meticcio
Transliteration: me-tit-cho
"Il cane meticcio è molto intelligente."
chucho
Transliteration: chu-cho
"Encontraron un chucho abandonado en la calle."
vira-lata
Transliteration: vi-ra la-ta
"O vira-lata correu atrás da bola."
संकर कुत्ता
Transliteration: sankar kutta
"वह एक संकर कुत्ता है।"
杂种狗
Transliteration: zá zhǒng gǒu
"这是一只聪明的杂种狗。"
잡종개
Transliteration: japhjong-gae
"우리는 길에서 잡종개를 구조했습니다."
雑種
Transliteration: zasshu
"その雑種犬はとても人懐っこい。"
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