Femenino
raposa
Significado (English)
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- (feminine) fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America)
- (feminine, specifically) vixen (female fox)
- (Brazil, feminine, regional) opossum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae)
- (derogatory, feminine, usually) fox (a sly or cunning person)
Frecuencia
Con guion como
ra‧po‧sa
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/
Etimología (English)
In summary
Borrowed from Spanish raposa (“fox”), probably from rabo (“tail”), from Latin rāpum (“turnip”) + -ōsus, and influenced by descendants of rapiō (“snatch, grab”).
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