herbívoro
Galician
Adjective
herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)
- herbivorous (feeding only on plants)
Noun
herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)
- herbivore (plant-eating organism)
Further reading
- “herbívoro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, herbi- + -voro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /eʁˈbi.vo.ɾu/ [eɦˈbi.vo.ɾu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eɾˈbi.vo.ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eʁˈbi.vo.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eɻˈbi.vo.ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛɾˈbi.vu.ɾu/ [ɛɾˈβi.vu.ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɛɾˈbi.bu.ɾu/ [ɛɾˈβi.βu.ɾu]
- Rhymes: -ivoɾo, -ivuɾu
- Hyphenation: her‧bí‧vo‧ro
Adjective
herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)
- herbivorous (feeding only on plants)
- Synonym: fitófago
Noun
herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)
- herbivore (plant-eating organism)
Related terms
- herbivorar
- herbivoria
Further reading
- “herbívoro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “herbívoro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “herbívoro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “herbívoro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “herbívoro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “herbívoro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin herbivorus. By surface analysis, Latin herba + Latin -i + Latin vorō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɾˈbiboɾo/ [eɾˈβ̞i.β̞o.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iboɾo
- Syllabification: her‧bí‧vo‧ro
Adjective
herbívoro (feminine herbívora, masculine plural herbívoros, feminine plural herbívoras)
Noun
herbívoro m (plural herbívoros)
Related terms
Further reading
- “herbívoro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024