hipopótamo
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See also: hipopotamo
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos)
References
- “hipopótamo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo
Noun
hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)
- hippopotamus
- Synonym: (obsolete) cavalo-marinho
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ipoˈpotamo/ [i.poˈpo.t̪a.mo]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -otamo
- Syllabification: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo
Noun
hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)
Further reading
- “hipopótamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
Categories:
- Galician terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Galician learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Galician terms derived from Late Latin
- Galician terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Galician/ɔtamo
- Rhymes:Galician/ɔtamo/5 syllables
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Even-toed ungulates
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Portuguese learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Even-toed ungulates
- Spanish terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Spanish learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 5-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/otamo
- Rhymes:Spanish/otamo/5 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Even-toed ungulates