vampiro
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Yiddish וואַמפּיר (vampir), Polish wampir, Russian вампи́р (vampír), English vampire, Italian vampiro, all from French vampire and German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vampiro (accusative singular vampiron, plural vampiroj, accusative plural vampirojn)
- vampire
- 2007 February, Laimius Stražnickas, “Mia estrino estas vampiro”, in Monato, volume 28, number 2, →ISSN, page 16:
- Ambaŭ virinoj decidis, ke ili havis kontaktojn kun tiel nomataj energetikaj vampiroj, kiuj suĉis ilian energion.
- Both women decided, that they had contact with so-named energetic vampires, who sucked their energy.
- 2007 December, Lily, “Ununokta Amorsperto”, in Penseo[1], number 194, page 5:
- Je mia granda mir’,
belaspekta vampir’
li montris sin antaŭ mi.- To my great surprise,
a beautiful vampire
he presents himself before me.
- To my great surprise,
Derived terms edit
- vampira (“vampiric”)
- vampire (“vampirically”)
- vampirigi (“vampirize”)
- vampirigo (“vampirization”)
- vampirismo (“vampirism”)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vampire, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.
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Noun edit
vampiro m (plural vampiri)
- vampire
- vampire bat (mammal)
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Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧ro
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.
Noun edit
vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampira or vampiresa, feminine plural vampiras or vampiresas)
- vampire (mythological creature)
- vampire bat (blood sucking bat)
- Synonym: morcego-vampiro
- vamp (woman who uses sexual desire to exploit men)
- Synonym: vampe
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Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
vampiro
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Hungarian vámpír, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampiresa, feminine plural vampiresas)
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Further reading edit
- “vampiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014