raposa

Significat (Anglès)

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:

Conceptes

guineu

🦊

guilla

🦊

rabosa

guineu vermella

guineu femella

volp

Sinònims

raposa-vermelha

matreiro

alopex

urocyon

vulpes

raposa árctica

Raposa

Traduccions

renard

🦊

Fuchs

🦊

fox

🦊

zorro

🦊

vos

🦊

volpe

🦊

αλεπού

vulpes

🦊

tilki

🦊

zorra

guèine

goupil

🦊

ثعلب

🦊

mandra

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de espanyol: 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”).

Frases

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

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