nútria

See also: nutria, nutría, and nutrią

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish nutria. Doublet of lontra

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.tɾi.ɐ/ [ˈnu.tɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnu.tɾjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.tɾi.ɐ/ [ˈnu.tɾɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnu.tɾjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.tɾi.a/ [ˈnu.tɾɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈnu.tɾja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.tɾi.ɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈnu.tɾjɐ/

• Rhymes: -utɾiɐ, -utɾjɐ
• Hyphenation: nú‧tri‧a

Noun

nútria f (plural nútrias)

1. coypu (Myocastor coypus, a large, semiaquatic rodent of South America)

   Synonyms: ratão-do-banhado, ratão-d'água, caxingui

Further reading

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