guepardo

Galician

Etymology

From French guépard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪˈpaɾðʊ/

Noun

guepardo m (plural guepardos)

1. cheetah

Portuguese

guepardo

Etymology

From French guépard, from Italian gattopardo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaʁ.du/ [ɡeˈpaɦ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaʁ.du/ [ɡeˈpaɦ.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaɾ.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaʁ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaɻ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈpaɾ.du/ [ɡɛˈpaɾ.ðu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁdu, (Portugal) -aɾdu
• Hyphenation: gue‧par‧do

Noun

guepardo m (plural guepardos)

1. cheetah

   Synonym: chita

Further reading

• “guepardo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “guepardo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French guépard. Doublet of gatopardo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeˈpaɾdo/ [ɡeˈpaɾ.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: gue‧par‧do

Noun

guepardo m (plural guepardos)

1. (zoology) cheetah

   Synonym: chita

Related terms

• gatopardo

Further reading

• “guepardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10