raposa

Meaning

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)

Hyphenated as

ra‧po‧sa

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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

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