vulpeja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vulpeja, golpeja, gulpeja, from Latin vulpēcula, diminutive of vulpēs, from earlier volpēs, from Proto-Italic *wolpis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bulˈpexa/ [bulˈpe.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: vul‧pe‧ja

Noun

vulpeja f (plural vulpejas)

1. vixen

   Synonyms: vulpécula, zorra, raposa

Further reading

• “vulpeja”, 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