súcubo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latinized refashioning of English succubus, with -o for the -us ending, as is typical of Latin borrowings into Portuguese. The real Latin word is Latin succuba, with a feminine -a ending (the demons are female).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ku.bu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ku.bo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ku.bu/ [ˈsu.ku.βu]

Noun

súcubo m (plural súcubos)

  1. succubus (female demon who has sex with men in their sleep)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin succubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsukubo/ [ˈsu.ku.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ukubo
  • Syllabification: sú‧cu‧bo

Noun

súcubo m (plural súcubos)

  1. succubus
    • 2015 November 15, “Tribuna”, in El País‎[1]:
      Todo en ellos evoca los viejos mitos, las religiones extinguidas de los antiguos peruanos, pero, también, las pesadillas, súcubos y íncubos con que los surrealistas trataron de capturar los sueños, resucitar la magia y los hechizos primitivos e instalarlos en el mundo moderno.
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