canguro
Italian
Etymology
From French kangourou, from Guugu Yimidhirr gangurru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈɡu.ro/
- Rhymes: -uro
- Hyphenation: can‧gù‧ro
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Spanish
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)
- kangaroo
- el canguro hembra ― the female kangaroo
Derived terms
Noun
canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)
- (colloquial, Spain) babysitter
- hacer de canguro ― to babysit
- ya podía hacerles de canguro. ― I could already babysit them
Descendants
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro
References
- “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tetelcingo Nahuatl
Noun
canguro
- kangaroo
- 1964, Yulcöme [Animals], México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en cooperación con la Dirección General de Asuntos Indígenas de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, page 12:
- Canguro chönti ipa inu tlöli de Australia.
- The kangaroo lives in the land of Australia.
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