raposa

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America)
2. (feminine, specifically) vixen (female fox)
3. (Brazil, feminine, regional) opossum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
4. (derogatory, feminine, usually) fox (a sly or cunning person)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of raposar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of raposar:

Sinonieme

raposa-vermelha

matreiro

alopex

urocyon

vulpes

raposa árctica

Raposa

Vertalings

renard

🦊

Fuchs

🦊

vos

🦊

fox

🦊

zorro

🦊

volpe

🦊

αλεπού

guineu

🦊

vulpes

🦊

tilki

🦊

zorra

guilla

🦊

guèine

goupil

🦊

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geleen van Spaans: raposa

In summary

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

Sinne

Desde que recebi um cachorro ?, as visitas regulares da raposa pararam .

Ever since I received a dog, the fox's regular visits have stopped.