buitre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾi/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾi/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾe/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾɨ/

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

1. Alternative form of abutre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish boitre, from Latin vulturem. Spelling with b- perhaps influenced by Latin būteō (“buzzard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwitɾe/ [ˈbwi.t̪ɾe]
• Rhymes: -itɾe
• Syllabification: bui‧tre

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

1. vulture (carrion-eating bird of the families Accipitridae or Cathartidae)

   Synonyms: (Mexico) zopilote, (Chile) jote

   fondo buitre ― vulture fund

Derived terms

• buitre leonado
• buitre moteado
• buitre negro
• buitre orejudo
• buitrear
• más vale pájaro en mano que buitre volando

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: buwitre
• → Tagalog: buwitre

Further reading

• “buitre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014