abutre

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Portuguese

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abutre

Alternative forms

abuitre, buitre, butre

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avuitor, voitre, from Latin vulturem. Compare Spanish buitre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbu.tɾe/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbu.tɾɨ/

Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre

Noun

abutre m (plural abutres)

vulture in general, or Old World vulture more specifically
Synonym: (Brazil) urubu
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others)
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) usurer
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a cruel person
(figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a rapacious person

Derived terms

Further reading

“abutre”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
“abutre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“abutre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
“abutre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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