hipopótamo

See also: hipopotamo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpɔtɐmʊ/

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos)

1. hippopotamus

Portuguese

hipopótamo (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈpɔ.ta.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.poˈpɔ.ta.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.pɔˈpɔ.tɐ.mu/

• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpotamo/ [i.poˈpo.t̪a.mo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -otamo
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

Noun

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

Further reading

• “hipopótamo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014