raposa

Meaning

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:

Concepts

fox

🦊

red fox

vixen

foxes

vulpes

Vulpes fulva

arctic fox

Vulpes vulpes

dog

🐕

alopex

urocyon

Synonyms

raposa-vermelha

matreiro

alopex

urocyon

vulpes

raposa árctica

Raposa

Translations

renard

🦊

Fuchs

🦊

vos

🦊

zorro

🦊

volpe

🦊

αλεπού

guineu

🦊

vulpes

🦊

tilki

🦊

zorra

guilla

🦊

guèine

mandra

goupil

🦊

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁaˈpo.zɐ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish: 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”).

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.