raposo

See also: Raposo

Galician

Etymology

1439. Either from a derivative of Latin rapum (“turnip”), whence Galician rabo (“tail”) (and influenced by the root of rapio (“snatch, grab”)), or from rapar (“to snatch”). Cf. also Asturian rapiega, Spanish raposo (which may also have influenced it).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈposo̝/

Noun

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas)

1. fox (animal)

   Synonyms: golpe, raposa, renarte

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

Derived terms

• Raposa
• Raposeira
• Raposeiras
• Raposeiro

Related terms

• Raposo
• raposa

References

• “raposo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “raposo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “raposo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “raposo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From raposa.

Adjective

raposo (feminine raposa, masculine plural raposos, feminine plural raposas, metaphonic)

1. foxlike in colour

Noun

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas, metaphonic)

1. a male fox (animal)
2. (by extension) crafty / wily person

   Synonym: pessoa manhosa

Spanish

Etymology

From raposa, from Old Spanish rabosa, probably from rabo (“tail”), itself from Latin rāpum (“turnip”). Probably influenced by Asturian rapiega (“fox”) or words related to rapiña and other derivatives of Latin rapiō (“snatch, grab”).

Noun

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas)

1. fox

   Synonym: zorro

Further reading

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