abutre

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avuitor, voitre, from Latin vulturem. Compare Spanish buitre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈbu.tɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈbu.tɾe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈbu.tɾɨ/ [ɐˈβu.tɾɨ]

  • Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre

Noun

abutre m (plural abutres)

  1. vulture in general, or Old World vulture more specifically
    Synonym: (Brazil) urubu
  2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others)
  3. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) usurer
  4. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a cruel person
  5. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a rapacious person

Derived terms

  • abutre-barbudo
  • abutre-das-palmeiras
  • abutre-de-cabeça-branca
  • abutre-de-capuz
  • abutre-de-rabadilha-branca
  • abutre-do-cabo
  • abutre-do-egipto
  • abutre-do-himalaia
  • abutre-do-novo-mundo
  • abutre-do-velho-mundo
  • abutre-fouveiro
  • abutre-fusco
  • abutre-indiano
  • abutre-negro
  • abutre-real
  • abutreiro
  • fundo abutre

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