abutre
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Portuguese
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese avuitor, voitre, from Latin vulturem. Compare Spanish buitre.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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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- pt:Vultures