hipopótamo

See also: hipopotamo

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpɔtamo/ [i.poˈpɔ.t̪a.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔtamo

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos)

1. hippopotamus

References

• “hipopótamo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

hipopótamo (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Alternative forms

• hipopotamo (superseded)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌi.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌi.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌi.poˈpɔ.ta.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌi.pɔˈpɔ.tɐ.mu/

• Rhymes: -ɔtamu
• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

   Synonym: (obsolete) cavalo-marinho

Derived terms

• hipopótamo-comum
• hipopótamo-do-nilo
• hipopótamo-pigmeu

Further reading

• “hipopótamo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “hipopótamo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpotamo/ [i.poˈpo.t̪a.mo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -otamo
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

Further reading

• “hipopótamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10