abutre

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abuitre, buitre, butre

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbu.tɾɨ/ [ɐˈβu.tɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre

Noun

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

Derived terms

• abutre-barbudo
• abutre-das-palmeiras
• abutre-de-cabeça-branca
• abutre-de-capuz
• abutre-de-rabadilha-branca
• abutre-do-cabo
• abutre-do-egipto
• abutre-do-himalaia
• abutre-do-novo-mundo
• abutre-do-velho-mundo
• abutre-fouveiro
• abutre-fusco
• abutre-indiano
• abutre-negro
• abutre-real
• abutreiro
• fundo abutre

 

Further reading

• “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.