borrego

lamb; sheep, lemming

“Pero sigamos consumiendo que no pasa nada; seamos borregos, seamos manada / Que por suerte el ser humano, vaya / También tiene obsolescencia programada”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old Spanish borra Spanish borra Spanish -ego Spanish borrego From borra (“year-old sheep”) + -ego.

a woolly, white cloud reminiscent of a sheep

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old Spanish borra Spanish borra Spanish -ego Spanish borrego From borra (“year-old sheep”) + -ego.

simple-minded

Related: aborregarse, borregada, borrego cimarrón, borregón, borreguero, borreguil

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Hellenic *-rós Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós) Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)bor. Latin burrus Latin burra Old Spanish borra Spanish borra Spanish -ego Spanish borrego From borra (“year-old sheep”) + -ego.