buitre
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
buitre m (plural buitres)
alternative form of abutre
=== Further reading ===
“buitre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“buitre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish boitre, from Latin vulturem. Spelling with b- perhaps influenced by Latin būteō (“buzzard”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbwitɾe/ [ˈbwi.t̪ɾe]
Rhymes: -itɾe
Syllabification: bui‧tre
=== Noun ===
buitre m (plural buitres)
vulture (carrion-eating bird of the families Accipitridae or Cathartidae)
Synonyms: (Mexico) zopilote, (Chile) jote
fondo buitre ― vulture fund
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Cebuano: buwitre
→ Tagalog: buwitre
=== Further reading ===
“buitre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025