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noun, feminine

jauría

/xauˈɾia/

noun, feminine/xauˈɾia/plural: jaurías

jauría is feminine in Spanish.

pack (group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together)

De pronto, más de un centenar de chicos levantan las persianas de 34 habitaciones, encienden las luces y responden como jauría. “Uh, uh, uh”.Suddenly, more than a hundred boys raise the blinds of 34 rooms, turn on the lights and respond as a pack. "Uh uh uh".

Uncertain. Possibly derived from Arabic حَُرِيَ (ḥauriya, “kind of dance”), from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “dance”). Or, possibly onomatopoeic.