Noun: raposo
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | raposo |
| Singular f | raposa |
| Plural m | raposos |
| Plural f | raposas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like raposo
botellero,
paletero,
metafísico,
epistemólogo,
gibareño,
fiduciario,
petromacorisano,
evacuado,
subprefecto,
miliciano,
gibelino,
moguereño,
angloamericano,
sereno,
serbio,
gregario,
seboso,
sedero,
cristiano,
babilonio, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish raposo, probably from rabo (“tail”), itself from Latin rāpum (“turnip”). Probably influenced by Asturian rapiega (“fox”) or words related to rapiña and other derivatives of Latin rapiō (“snatch, grab”). See: Old Spanish Nouns '
raposo', Old Spanish Nouns '
raposo', Latin Nouns '
rāpum', Asturian Nouns '
rapiega', Latin Nouns '
rapiō'.
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