rémora

See also: remora, rêmora, and Remora

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

rémora m (plural rémoras)

1. remora; suckerfish

Further reading

• “rémora”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.mu.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: ré‧mo‧ra

Noun

rémora f (plural rémoras)

1. European Portuguese spelling of rêmora

Further reading

• “rémora”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “rémora”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin remora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈremoɾa/ [ˈre.mo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -emoɾa
• Syllabification: ré‧mo‧ra

Noun

rémora f (plural rémoras)

1. (zoology) remora
2. burden, difficulty, hindrance

Further reading

• “rémora”, 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