marsupio

From Latin marsūpium (“pouch”), from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.

• IPA^(key): /marˈsu.pjo/
• (incorrect, but somewhat common) IPA^(key): /marˈsup.pjo/

marsupio m (plural marsupi)

1. pouch
2. (zoology) marsupium (external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young)
3. child carrier, baby carrier
4. bum bag
5. car transporter

• ruspiamo

marsūpiō

1. dative/ablative singular of marsūpium

From Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion).

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈsupjo/ [maɾˈsu.pjo]
• Rhymes: -upjo
• Syllabification: mar‧su‧pio

marsupio m (plural marsupios)

1. (zoology) marsupium, pouch

   Synonym: bolsa marsupial

• “marsupio”, 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