carnívoro
التعريفات والمعاني
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus.
=== Adjective ===
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)
carnivorous
=== Noun ===
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)
carnivore
=== Further reading ===
“carnívoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, carne (“meat”) + -i- + -voro.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivoɾo, (Portugal) -ivuɾu
Hyphenation: car‧ní‧vo‧ro
=== Adjective ===
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras) (ecology)
carnivorous; meat-eating
Synonyms: carniçal, creófago, sarcófago
carnivoran
=== Noun ===
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros) (ecology)
carnivore (meat-eating animal)
carnivoran (mammal belonging to the order Carnivora)
=== Noun ===
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)
(informal) carnivore (a person who is not a vegetarian)
=== Further reading ===
“carnívoro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“carnívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin carnivorus. By surface analysis, Latin carne + Latin -i + Latin vorō.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kaɾˈniboɾo/ [kaɾˈni.β̞o.ɾo]
Rhymes: -iboɾo
Syllabification: car‧ní‧vo‧ro
=== Adjective ===
carnívoro (feminine carnívora, masculine plural carnívoros, feminine plural carnívoras)
carnivorous
(of a bacterium) flesh-eating
=== Noun ===
carnívoro m (plural carnívoros, feminine carnívora, feminine plural carnívoras)
carnivore (meat-eating animal)
=== Further reading ===
“carnívoro”, 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