voraz

Galician

Etymology

From Latin vorācem (“voracious”).

Adjective

voraz m or f (plural voraces)

1. voracious (devouring great quantities of food)
2. voracious; rapacious (having a great appetite for anything)

Derived terms

• vorazmente

Related terms

• devorar
• voracidade

Further reading

• “voraz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vorācem (“voracious”), from vorō (“to devour”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈɾa(j)s/ [voˈɾa(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈɾa(j)s/ [voˈɾa(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /voˈɾa(j)ʃ/ [voˈɾa(ɪ̯)ʃ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈɾaʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈɾaʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈɾaʃ/

• Hyphenation: vo‧raz

Adjective

voraz m or f (plural vorazes)

1. voracious (devouring great quantities of food)
2. voracious; rapacious (having a great appetite for anything)

Derived terms

• vorazmente

Related terms

• devorar
• voracidade

Further reading

• “voraz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “voraz” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vorācī, ablative of vorāx, from vorō (“to devour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /boˈɾaθ/ [boˈɾaθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /boˈɾas/ [boˈɾas]
• Rhymes: -aθ
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: vo‧raz

Adjective

voraz m or f (masculine and feminine plural voraces)

1. voracious, greedy
2. devouring, destructive

Derived terms

• algoritmo voraz
• avorazarse
• vorazmente

 

Related terms

• voracidad

 

Further reading

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