tigresa

Portuguese

Etymology

From tigre (“tiger”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɡɾe.zɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈɡɾe.za/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾe.zɐ/ [tiˈɣɾe.zɐ]

Rhymes: -ezɐ
Hyphenation: ti‧gre‧sa

Noun

tigresa f (plural tigresas)

tigress (female tiger)

Spanish

Etymology

From tigre (“tiger”) +‎ -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾesa/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾe.sa]
Rhymes: -esa
Syllabification: ti‧gre‧sa

Noun

tigresa f (plural tigresas)

female equivalent of tigre; tigress

Further reading

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

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