urubú

See also: urubu and urubù

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾuˈβu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [u.ɾuˈbu]

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús)

1. black vulture, buzzard

   Synonym: zopilot

Further reading

• “urubú” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “urubú”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “urubú” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.

Cognate with Portuguese urubu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈbu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bú

Noun

urubú (plural urubú-itá)

1. New World vulture

   Synonym: waxú

Spanish

Noun

urubú m (plural urubús or urubúes)

1. black vulture, buzzard

Further reading

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