buitre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾi/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾi/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾe/ [ˈbuɪ̯.tɾe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbuj.tɾɨ/

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

1. alternative form of abutre

Further reading

• “buitre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “buitre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish boitre, from Latin vulturem. Spelling with b- perhaps influenced by Latin būteō (“buzzard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwitɾe/ [ˈbwi.t̪ɾe]

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• Rhymes: -itɾe
• Syllabification: bui‧tre

Noun

buitre m (plural buitres)

1. vulture (carrion-eating bird of the families Accipitridae or Cathartidae)

   Synonyms: (Mexico) zopilote, (Chile) jote

   fondo buitre ― vulture fund

Derived terms

• buitre leonado
• buitre moteado
• buitre negro
• buitre orejudo
• buitrear
• echar el buitre
• más vale pájaro en mano que buitre volando

Descendants

• → Cebuano: buwitre
• → Tagalog: buwitre

Further reading

• “buitre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025