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raposa.

fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/Brazil[haˈpo.zɐ]Brazil/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[χaˈpo.zɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America)

    feminine
  2. vixen (female fox)

    feminine · specifically
  3. opossum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae)

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine
  4. female opossum

    Brazil · dialectal · feminine
  5. fox (a sly or cunning person)

    derogatory · feminine · usually
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese raposa, from Old Spanish raposa.

verb/ʁaˈpɔ.zɐ/Brazil[haˈpɔ.zɐ]Brazil/ʁaˈpɔ.zɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro[χaˈpɔ.zɐ]Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. inflection of raposar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of raposar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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