urubu

See also: urubú, urubù, and Urubu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese urubu.

Noun

urubu (plural urubus)

1. A vulture of South America; a New World vulture.

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾuˈβu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu
• Homophone: Urubu

Etymology 1

urubu (Coragyps atratus)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé uruwu and Guaraní yryvu.

Noun

urubu (unpossessable)

1. New World vulture (any vulture in the family Cathartidae)

Related terms

• urubitinga
• urubu'anga
• urubutinga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: urubú
• → Portuguese: urubu
  • → Catalan: urubú
  • → English: urubu
  (see there for further descendants)

See also

• pataku

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

urubu (unpossessable)

1. moss

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “urubu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 501, column 2

Portuguese

urubu-preto

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈbu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.ɾuˈbu/ [u.ɾuˈβu]

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu

Noun

urubu m (plural urubus)

1. vulture; (specifically) New World vulture

   Synonym: abutre

   • 1974, “Urubu tá com raiva do boi”, performed by Baiano e os Novos Caetanos:

     Urubu tá com raiva do boi / E eu já sei que ele tem razão / É que o urubu tá querendo comer / Mais o boi não quer morrer / Não tem alimentação

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative) usurer

   Synonyms: agiota, abutre

3. (Brazil, figurative) funeral director
4. (Brazil, figurative) jinx (person who brings bad luck)
5. (Brazil, figurative, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture

   Synonym: abutre

6. (Brazil, figurative, sometimes derogatory) a person who wears all black, goth
7. (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) a player or supporter of CR Flamengo football team

   Synonyms: flamenguista, rubro-negro

8. (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) referee
9. (Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor people
10. (uncountable, Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor language

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “urubu-macho” for male, and “urubu-fêmea” for female.

Derived terms

• chamar urubu de meu louro
• escovar urubu
• lavar urubu
• passo de urubu malandro
• piolho-de-urubu
• urubu-caçador
• urubu-da-mata
• urubu-de-cabeça-amarela
• urubu-de-cabeça-preta
• urubu-de-cabeça-vermelha
• urubu-preto
• urubu-rei
• urubuzar

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: urubú
• → English: urubu

Adjective

urubu m or f (plural urubus) (Brazil, dated, relational)

1. of the Urubú-Kaapor people
2. of the Urubú-Kaapor language

Further reading

• “urubu”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “urubu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “urubu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “urubu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “urubu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024