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urubu.

New World vulture

5 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/u.ɾuˈbu/Brazil/u.ɾuˈbu/Portugal[u.ɾuˈβu]Portugal/u.ɾuˈbu/Portugal, Southern
  1. New World vulture

    masculine
  2. any vulture

    Brazil · informal · masculine
  3. usurer

    figuratively · masculine
  4. undertaker

    Brazil · figuratively · masculine
  5. jinx (person who brings bad luck)

    Brazil · figuratively · masculine
  6. ambulance chaser, vulture

    Brazil · derogatory · figuratively · masculine
  7. someone who wears black clothes and makeup; a goth

    Brazil · derogatory · figuratively · masculine · sometimes
  8. a player or supporter of the CR Flamengo soccer team (which has a vulture as mascot)

    Brazil · derogatory · figuratively · masculine · slang · sometimes
  9. a referee

    Brazil · derogatory · figuratively · masculine · slang · sometimes
  10. the Urubú-Kaapor people or (uncountable) their language

    Brazil · dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

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

adj/u.ɾuˈbu/Brazil/u.ɾuˈbu/Portugal[u.ɾuˈβu]Portugal/u.ɾuˈbu/Portugal, Southern
  1. of the Urubú-Kaapor people

    Brazil · dated · feminine · masculine · relational
  2. of the Urubú-Kaapor language

    Brazil · dated · feminine · masculine · relational
Where this word comes from

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

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