capibara

capibara (plural capibaras)

1. Dated form of capybara.

Borrowed from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.piˈβa.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.piˈba.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ka.piˈba.ɾa]

capibara m (plural capibares)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Borrowed from Spanish capibara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkaː.piˈbaː.raː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧ba‧ra
• Rhymes: -aːraː

capibara m (plural capibara's, diminutive capibaraatje n)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Borrowed from Spanish capibara; from Old Tupi kapibara.

• IPA^(key): /ka.piˈba.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧bà‧ra

capibara m (invariable)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

• caparbia

Borrowed from Italian capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

capibara f (plural capibare)

1. capybara (rodent) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Borrowed from Old Tupi kapibara.

• IPA^(key): /kapiˈbaɾa/ [ka.piˈβ̞a.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧ba‧ra

capibara m (plural capibaras)

1. capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

   Synonyms: ronsoco, carpincho, chigüiro

• → English: capybara

• NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.

• “capibara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014