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Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese avuitor, voitre, from Latin vulturem. Compare Spanish buitre.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre

Noun edit

abutre m (plural abutres)

  1. vulture in general, or Old World vulture more specifically
    Synonym: (Brazil) urubu
  2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others)
  3. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) usurer
  4. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a cruel person
  5. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a rapacious person

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