insectívoro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• insetívoro (Brazil)

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sɛˈti.vu.ɾu/, /ĩ.sɛˈkti.vu.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sɛˈti.vu.ɾu/, /ĩ.sɛˈkti.vu.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sɛˈti.bu.ɾu/ [ĩ.sɛˈti.βu.ɾu], /ĩ.sɛˈkti.bu.ɾu/ [ĩ.sɛˈkti.βu.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: in‧sec‧tí‧vo‧ro

Adjective

insectívoro (feminine insectívora, masculine plural insectívoros, feminine plural insectívoras) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. insectivorous (that eats insects)

Noun

insectívoro m (plural insectívoros) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. insectivore (animal that feeds on insects)

Further reading

• “insectívoro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “insectívoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “insectívoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “insectívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin insectivorus. By surface analysis, Latin insecto +‎ Latin -i +‎ Latin vorō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inseɡˈtiboɾo/ [ĩn.seɣ̞ˈt̪i.β̞o.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -iboɾo
• Syllabification: in‧sec‧tí‧vo‧ro

Adjective

insectívoro (feminine insectívora, masculine plural insectívoros, feminine plural insectívoras)

1. insectivorous

Noun

insectívoro m (plural insectívoros)

1. insectivore

Further reading

• “insectívoro”, 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