Meaning
puma, cougar
- a large wild cat native to the Americas
In a sentence
Il puma è un predatore solitario che vive nelle montagne americane.
The puma is a solitary predator that lives in the American mountains.
Abbiamo visto le tracce di un puma lungo il sentiero.
We saw tracks of a cougar along the path.
I puma non si avvicinano quasi mai ai centri abitati.
Pumas almost never approach inhabited areas.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| puma | masculine · singular |
| puma | masculine · plural |
| puma | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- The noun is masculine despite ending in -a, and is invariable in the plural: 'i puma'.