súcubo

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === súcuba === Etymology === Latinized refashioning of English succubus, with -o for the -us ending, as is typical of Latin borrowings into Portuguese. The real Latin word is Latin succuba, with a feminine -a ending (the demons are female). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sú‧cu‧bo === Noun === súcubo m or (nonstandard) f (plural súcubos) (mediaeval folklore) succubus (female demon who has sex with men in their sleep) Coordinate term: íncubo === Further reading === “súcubo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “súcubo”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “súcubo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “súcubo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “súcubo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin succubus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsukubo/ [ˈsu.ku.β̞o] Rhymes: -ukubo Syllabification: sú‧cu‧bo === Noun === súcubo m (plural súcubos) succubus === Further reading === “súcubo”, 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