carnívoro

See also: carnivoro

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus.

Adjective

carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)

1. carnivorous

Noun

carnívoro m (plural carnívoros)

1. carnivore

Further reading

• “carnívoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, carne (“meat”) +‎ -i- +‎ -voro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.vo.ɾu/ [kaɦˈni.vo.ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.vo.ɾu/ [kaɦˈni.vo.ɾu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈni.vo.ɾu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.vo.ɾu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈni.vo.ɾo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈni.vu.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈni.vu.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈni.bu.ɾu/ [kɐɾˈni.βu.ɾu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivoɾo, (Portugal) -ivuɾu
• Hyphenation: car‧ní‧vo‧ro

Adjective

carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras) (ecology)

1. carnivorous; meat-eating

   Synonyms: carniçal, creófago, sarcófago

2. carnivoran

Noun

carnívoro m (plural carnívoros) (ecology)

1. carnivore (meat-eating animal)
2. carnivoran (mammal belonging to the order Carnivora)

Noun

carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)

1. (informal) carnivore (a person who is not a vegetarian)

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, Latin carne +‎ Latin -i +‎ Latin vorō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈniboɾo/ [kaɾˈni.β̞o.ɾo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -iboɾo
• Syllabification: car‧ní‧vo‧ro

Adjective

carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)

1. carnivorous
2. (of a bacterium) flesh-eating

Noun

carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)

1. carnivore (meat-eating animal)

Further reading

• “carnívoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10