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

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raposa

Etymology 1

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

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     

    • Rhymes: -ozɐ
    • Hyphenation: ra‧po‧sa

    Noun

    raposa f (plural raposas)

    1. fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America)
      • 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, regional) opossum (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).

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    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      raposa

      1. inflection of raposar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Further reading

      Spanish

      Etymology

      See raposo.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /raˈposa/
      • Rhymes: -osa
      • Syllabification: ra‧po‧sa

      Noun

      raposa f (plural raposas)

      1. female equivalent of raposo: vixen (female fox)
        Synonyms: zorra, vulpeja

      Further reading

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