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

• canguro gigante
• canguro robusto
• canguro rosso

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• congrua

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈɡuɾo/ [kãŋˈɡu.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: can‧gu‧ro

Noun

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

1. kangaroo

   el canguro hembra ― the female kangaroo

Derived terms

• rata canguro

 

Noun

canguro m or f by sense (plural canguros)

1. (colloquial, Spain) babysitter

   hacer de canguro ― to babysit

   ya podía hacerles de canguro. ― I could already babysit them

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: canguro

Further reading

• “canguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

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

Noun

canguro

1. kangaroo
   • 1964, Yulcöme [Animals]‎^[1], 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.