raposa

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See also: Raposa, rapôsa, and răposa

Galician

Etymology

See raposo. Compare Portuguese raposa, Spanish raposa.

Noun

raposa f (plural raposas)

  1. vixen (animal)

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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raposa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish raposa (“fox”), probably from rabo (“tail”), from Latin rāpum (“turnip”) + -ōsus, and influenced by descendants of rapiō (“snatch, grab”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ra‧po‧sa

Noun

raposa f (plural raposas)

  1. fox (any canid of the genus Vulpes)
    • 2015, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, O Pequeno Príncipe, Pelekanos Books →ISBN
      – Os homens, disse a raposa, têm fuzis e caçam. É bem incômodo!
      “The men”, said the fox, “have rifles and they hunt. It’s quite bothersome!”
  2. (specifically) vixen (female fox)
  3. (Brazil) opposum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
  4. (usually derogatory) fox (a sly or cunning person)

Usage notes

Raposa is one of the few feminines that are used by default (when the referent’s sex is unknown or irrelevant).

Synonyms

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

See raposo.

Noun

raposa f (plural raposas, masculine raposo, masculine plural raposos)

  1. (deprecated template usage) feminine equivalent of raposo vixen

Synonyms

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