canguro

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɐŋˈɡuɾʊ/

Noun

canguro m (plural canguros)

1. kangaroo

Italian

un canguro – a kangaroo

Etymology

From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈɡu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: can‧gù‧ro

Noun

canguro m (plural canguri)

1. kangaroo

   Hypernym: marsupiale

Derived terms

• canguro gigante
• canguro robusto
• canguro rosso

Further reading

• canguro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• canguro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• congrua

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈɡuɾo/ [kãŋˈɡu.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: can‧gu‧ro

Noun

canguro m (plural canguros, feminine cangura, feminine plural canguras)

1. kangaroo

   el canguro hembra ― the female kangaroo

Derived terms

• rata canguro

 

Noun

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

1. (colloquial, Spain) babysitter

   hacer de canguro ― to babysit

   ya podía hacerles de canguro. ― I could already babysit them

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

Further reading

• “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canguro, from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Noun

canguro

1. kangaroo
   • 1964, Yulcöme‎^[1], México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con la Dirección General de Asuntos Indígenas de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, page 12:

     Canguro chönti ipa inu tlöli de Australia.

     The kangaroo lives in the land of Australia.