urubu
English edit
Noun edit
urubu (plural urubus)
- A vulture of South America.
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.[1][2]
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé uruwu and Guaraní yryvu.
Noun edit
urubu (unpossessable)
- New World vulture (any vulture in the family Cathartidae)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
urubu (unpossessable)
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “urubu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 501, column 2
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu
Adjective edit
urubu m or f (plural urubus)
- (Brazil, dated, relational) of the Urubú-Kaapor people
- (Brazil, dated, relational) of the Urubú-Kaapor language
Proper noun edit
urubu
- (Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor language
Noun edit
urubu m (plural urubus)
- vulture in general, or New World vulture more specifically (cf. abutre)
- (figurative) usurer
- (Brazil, figurative) funeral director
- (Brazil, figurative) jinx (person who brings bad luck)
- (Brazil, figurative, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture
- Synonym: abutre
- (Brazil, figurative, sometimes derogatory) a person who wears all black, goth
- (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) a player or supporter of CR Flamengo football team
- Synonyms: flamenguista, rubro-negro
- (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) referee
- (Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor people
Usage notes edit
- The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “urubu-macho” for male, and “urubu-fêmea” for female.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “urubu” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “urubu” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “urubu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “urubu” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “urubu” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.