herbívoro

Galician

Adjective

herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)

1. herbivorous (feeding only on plants)

Noun

herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)

1. herbivore (plant-eating organism)

Further reading

• “herbívoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herbi- +‎ -voro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈbi.vo.ɾu/ [eɦˈbi.vo.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eʁˈbi.vo.ɾu/ [eɦˈbi.vo.ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /eɾˈbi.vo.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /eʁˈbi.vo.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /eɻˈbi.vo.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈbi.vu.ɾu/ [ɛɾˈβi.vu.ɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈbi.vu.ɾu/ [ɛɾˈβi.vu.ɾu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɛɾˈbi.bu.ɾu/ [ɛɾˈβi.βu.ɾu]

• Rhymes: -ivoɾo, -ivuɾu
• Hyphenation: her‧bí‧vo‧ro

Adjective

herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)

1. herbivorous (feeding only on plants)

   Synonym: fitófago

Noun

herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)

1. herbivore (plant-eating organism)

Related terms

• herbivorar
• herbivoria

Further reading

• “herbívoro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “herbívoro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “herbívoro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “herbívoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “herbívoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “herbívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, Latin herba +‎ Latin -i +‎ Latin vorō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɾˈbiboɾo/ [eɾˈβ̞i.β̞o.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -iboɾo
• Syllabification: her‧bí‧vo‧ro

Adjective

herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)

1. herbivorous

Noun

herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)

1. herbivore

Related terms

• carnívoro
• folívoro
• frugívoro
• insectívoro
• omnívoro

Further reading

• “herbívoro”, 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