capibara

English

Noun

capibara (plural capibaras)

1. Dated form of capybara.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.piˈβa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.piˈba.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ka.piˈba.ɾa]

Noun

capibara m (plural capibares)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capibara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.piˈbaː.raː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧ba‧ra
• Rhymes: -aːraː

Noun

capibara m (plural capibara's, diminutive capibaraatje n)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish capibara; from Old Tupi kapibara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.piˈba.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧bà‧ra

Noun

capibara m (invariable)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Anagrams

• caparbia

Romanian

capibara

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Noun

capibara f (plural capibare)

1. capybara (rodent) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Declension

Declension of capibara

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) capibara	capibara	(niște) capibare	capibarele
genitive/dative	(unei) capibare	capibarei	(unor) capibare	capibarelor
vocative	—		—

Spanish

capibara hembra amamantando tres crías (female capybara breastfeeding three cubs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kapibara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈbaɾa/ [ka.piˈβ̞a.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ba‧ra

Noun

capibara m (plural capibaras)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

   Synonyms: ronsoco, carpincho, chigüiro

Descendants

• → English: capybara

References

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

Further reading

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