canguro

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐŋˈɡuɾʊ/

Noun

canguro m (plural canguros)

  1. kangaroo

Italian

un canguro – a kangaroo

Etymology

From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈɡu.ro/
  • Rhymes: -uro
  • Hyphenation: can‧gù‧ro

Noun

canguro m (plural canguri)

  1. kangaroo
    Hypernym: marsupiale

Derived terms

Further reading

  • canguro in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • canguro in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kanguroo, variant of kangaroo,[1] from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈɡuɾo/ [kãŋˈɡu.ɾo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uɾo
  • Syllabification: can‧gu‧ro

Noun

canguro m (plural canguros, feminine cangura, feminine plural canguras)

  1. kangaroo
    el canguro hembrathe female kangaroo

Derived terms

Noun

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) babysitter
    hacer de canguroto babysit
    ya podía hacerles de canguro.I could already babysit them

Descendants

  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

References

  1. canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish canguro, from English kangaroo, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.

Noun

canguro

  1. kangaroo
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