abutre
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
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)
- vulture in general, or Old World vulture more specifically
- Synonym: (Brazil) urubu
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others)
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) usurer
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a cruel person
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a rapacious person
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “abutre” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “abutre” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “abutre” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “abutre” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.