urubú

See also: urubu and urubù

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾuˈβu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [u.ɾuˈbu]

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús)

1. black vulture

   Synonym: zopilot

Further reading

• “urubú”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “urubú”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “urubú” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.

Cognate with Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈbu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bú

Noun

urubú (plural urubú-itá)

1. New World vulture

   Synonym: waxú

Portuguese

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús)

1. Prescribed spelling of urubu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not implemented; now a common misspelling.

Adjective

urubú m or f (plural urubús)

1. Prescribed spelling of urubu under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not implemented; now a common misspelling.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈbu/ [u.ɾuˈβ̞u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: u‧ru‧bú

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús or urubúes)

1. black vulture, buzzard

Further reading

• “urubú”, 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