capivara

English

Noun

capivara (plural capivaras)

1. Archaic form of capybara.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kapibara.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈva.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈva.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈva.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈva.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈva.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈba.ɾɐ/ [kɐ.piˈβa.ɾɐ]

Noun

capivara f (plural capivaras)

1. capybara

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese zoonym is always feminine: when the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “capivara macho” for male, and “capivara fêmea” for female. Here, macho is treated as an undeclinable noun and don't necessarily need to agree in gender with the referent, but would change to macha if so.

Further reading

• “capivara”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “capivara”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “capivara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “capivara”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “capivara”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025