raposo

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Meaning

fox (animal)

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/raˈposo̝/

1439. Either from a derivative of Latin rapum (“turnip”), whence Galician rabo (“tail”) (and influenced by the root of rapio (“snatch, grab”)), or from rapar (“to snatch”). Cf. also Asturian rapiega, Spanish raposo (which may also have influenced it).