buitre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾi/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾe/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾe]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾɨ/

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

Alternative form of abutre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish boitre, from Latin vulturem. Spelling with b- perhaps influenced by Latin būteō (“buzzard”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbwitɾe/ [ˈbwi.t̪ɾe]
(Castilian)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -itɾe
Syllabification: bui‧tre

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

vulture (carrion-eating bird of the families Accipitridae or Cathartidae)
Synonyms: (Mexico) zopilote, (Chile) jote

fondo buitre ― vulture fund

Derived terms

buitre leonado
buitre moteado
buitre negro
buitre orejudo
buitrear
más vale pájaro en mano que buitre volando

Descendants

→ Cebuano: buwitre
→ Tagalog: buwitre

Further reading

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

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