What does abutre in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word abutre in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use abutre in Portuguese.

The word abutre in Portuguese means vulture, vulture, carniceiro, abutre, vulturino, abutre, urubu, águia-de-asa-redonda, bútio, abutre, predador, abutre-barbudo. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word abutre

vulture

substantivo masculino (zoologia (ave necrófaga) (bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

vulture

substantivo masculino (figurado (que aproveita da desgraça) (fig: takes advantage of misfortune)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

carniceiro, abutre, vulturino

adjective (vulture-like) (figurado: como um urubu)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)

abutre, urubu

noun (bird)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
Abutres se alimentam das carcaças de animais mortos.
Vultures feed on the carcasses of dead animals.

águia-de-asa-redonda

noun (US (type of vulture)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Several buzzards circled the dying animal.

bútio

noun (UK (type of hawk) (ornitologia: gênero de gavião)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The buzzard is one of Britain's most common birds of prey.

abutre, predador

noun (figurative (person) (figurado)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
The businessman's creditors were vultures. They wouldn't give him more time to pay; they were just circling, waiting for his business to go under.

abutre-barbudo

noun (rare Eurasian vulture)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

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