vivíparo

See also: viviparo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vīviparus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pa.ɾu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pa.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pa.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pɐ.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈvi.pɐ.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈbi.pɐ.ɾu/ [biˈβi.pɐ.ɾu]

• Hyphenation: vi‧ví‧pa‧ro

Adjective

vivíparo (feminine vivípara, masculine plural vivíparos, feminine plural vivíparas)

1. (botany, of a plant) viviparous (arising from an embryo that develops from the outset)
2. (zoology, of an animal) viviparous (whose development occurs inside the body of the mother)

Noun

vivíparo m (plural vivíparos)

1. a viviparous animal

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīviparus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈbipaɾo/ [biˈβ̞i.pa.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -ipaɾo
• Syllabification: vi‧ví‧pa‧ro

Adjective

vivíparo (feminine vivípara, masculine plural vivíparos, feminine plural vivíparas)

1. viviparous

Further reading

• “vivíparo”, 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