vampiro

From Yiddish וואַמפּיר (vampir), Polish wampir, Russian вампи́р (vampír), English vampire, Italian vampiro, all from French vampire and German Vampir, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.

• IPA^(key): [vamˈpiro]
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧ro

vampiro (accusative singular vampiron, plural vampiroj, accusative plural vampirojn)

1. vampire
   • 2007 February, Laimius Stražnickas, “Mia estrino estas vampiro”, in Monato, volume 28, number 2, →ISSN, page 16:

     Ambaŭ virinoj decidis, ke ili havis kontaktojn kun tiel nomataj energetikaj vampiroj, kiuj suĉis ilian energion.

     Both women decided, that they had contact with so-named energetic vampires, who sucked their energy.

   • 2007 December, Lily, “Ununokta Amorsperto”, in Penseo‎, number 194, page 5:

     Je mia granda mir’,
     belaspekta vampir’
     li montris sin antaŭ mi.

     To my great surprise,
     a beautiful vampire
     he presents himself before me.

Borrowed from French vampire, from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь.

• IPA^(key): /vamˈpi.ro/
• Rhymes: -iro
• Hyphenation: vam‧pì‧ro

vampiro m (plural vampiri)

1. vampire
2. vampire bat (mammal)

• vampiresco
• vampirismo

• provami

• Hyphenation: vam‧pi‧ro

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.

vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampira or vampiresa, feminine plural vampiras or vampiresas)

1. vampire (mythological creature)
2. vampire bat (blood sucking bat)

   Synonym: morcego-vampiro

3. vamp (woman who uses sexual desire to exploit men)

   Synonym: vampe

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

vampiro

1. first-person singular present indicative of vampirar

Borrowed from French vampire or German Vampir, from Hungarian vámpír, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr.

• IPA^(key): /bamˈpiɾo/ [bãmˈpi.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -iɾo
• Syllabification: vam‧pi‧ro

vampiro m (plural vampiros, feminine vampiresa, feminine plural vampiresas)

1. (folklore) vampire
2. vampire bat

• vampiresa (“vampiress”)

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