# urubu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese urubu.

### Noun

urubu (plural urubus)
* A vulture of South America; a New World vulture.

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uɾuˈβu/
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu
* Homophone: Urubu

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé uruwu and Guaraní yryvu.

#### Noun

urubu (unpossessable)
* New World vulture (any vulture in the family Cathartidae)

##### Related terms

* urubitinga
* urubu'anga
* urubutinga

##### Descendants

* Nheengatu: urubú
* → Portuguese: urubu, urubú (1931-prescribed spelling) (see there for further descendants)
** → Catalan: urubú
** → English: urubu

#### See also

* pataku

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

urubu (unpossessable)
* moss

### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “urubu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 501, column 2

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* urubú (1931-prescribed spelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /u.ɾuˈbu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /u.ɾuˈbu/ [u.ɾuˈβu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: u‧ru‧bu

### Noun

urubu m (plural urubus)
* vulture; (specifically) New World vulture
    Synonym: abutre
** 1974, “Urubu tá com raiva do boi”, performed by Baiano e os Novos Caetanos:Urubu tá com raiva do boi / E eu já sei que ele tem razão / É que o urubu tá querendo comer / Mais o boi não quer morrer / Não tem alimentação(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (figurative) usurer
    Synonyms: agiota, abutre
* (Brazil, figurative) funeral director
* (Brazil, figurative) jinx (person who brings bad luck)
* (Brazil, figurative, derogatory) ambulance chaser, vulture
    Synonym: abutre
* (Brazil, figurative, sometimes derogatory) a person who wears all black, goth
* (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) a player or supporter of CR Flamengo football team
    Synonyms: flamenguista, rubro-negro
* (Brazil, figurative, soccer, slang, sometimes derogatory) referee
* (Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor people
* (uncountable, Brazil, dated) Urubú-Kaapor language

#### Usage notes

* The gender of this Portuguese word is always masculine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “urubu-macho” for male, and “urubu-fêmea” for female.

#### Derived terms

* chamar urubu de meu louro
* escovar urubu
* lavar urubu
* passo de urubu malandro
* piolho-de-urubu
* urubu-caçador
* urubu-da-mata
* urubu-de-cabeça-amarela
* urubu-de-cabeça-preta
* urubu-de-cabeça-vermelha
* urubu-preto
* urubu-rei
* urubuzar

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: urubú
* → English: urubu

### Adjective

urubu m or f (plural urubus) (Brazil, dated, relational)
* of the Urubú-Kaapor people
* of the Urubú-Kaapor language

### Further reading

* “urubu”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “urubu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “urubu”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “urubu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “urubu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025