abutre

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === abuitre, buitre, butre === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese avuitor, voitre, from Latin vulturem. Compare Spanish buitre. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -utɾi, (Portugal) -utɾɨ Hyphenation: a‧bu‧tre === Noun === abutre m (plural abutres) vulture in general, or Old World vulture more specifically Synonym: (Brazil) urubu (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others) (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) usurer (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a cruel person (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a rapacious person ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “abutre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abutre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “abutre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “abutre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026