canguro
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canguro m (plural canguros)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canguro m (plural canguri)
- kangaroo
- Hypernym: marsupiale
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- canguro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- canguro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo,[1] from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canguro m (plural canguros, feminine cangura, feminine plural canguras)
- kangaroo
- el canguro hembra ― the female kangaroo
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)
- (colloquial, Spain) babysitter
- hacer de canguro ― to babysit
- ya podía hacerles de canguro. ― I could already babysit them
Descendants edit
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro
References edit
- ^ “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading edit
- “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo Nahuatl edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish canguro, from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
canguro
- kangaroo
- 1964, Yulcöme [Animals][1], México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con la Dirección General de Asuntos Indígenas de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, page 12:
- Canguro chönti ipa inu tlöli de Australia.
- The kangaroo lives in the land of Australia.