"raposa" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ʁaˈpo.zɐ/ [Brazil], [haˈpo.zɐ] [Brazil], /ʁaˈpo.zɐ/ [Brazil], [haˈpo.zɐ] [Brazil], /ʁaˈpo.zɐ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [χaˈpo.zɐ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ʁaˈpo.za/ [Southern-Brazil], [haˈpo.za] [Southern-Brazil], /ʁɐˈpo.zɐ/ [Portugal] Forms: raposas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish raposa (“fox”), probably from rabo (“tail”), from Latin rāpum (“turnip”) + -ōsus, and influenced by descendants of rapiō (“snatch, grab”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|es|raposa||fox}} Spanish raposa (“fox”), {{m|es|rabo||tail}} rabo (“tail”), {{der|pt|la|rāpum||turnip}} Latin rāpum (“turnip”), {{m|la|-ōsus}} -ōsus, {{m|la|rapiō||snatch, grab}} rapiō (“snatch, grab”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} raposa f (plural raposas)
  1. fox (both the "true foxes" of the Old World and North America, and the "false foxes" of Latin America) Tags: feminine Categories (lifeform): Canids
    Sense id: en-raposa-pt-noun-nG1jYg-3 Disambiguation of Canids: 32 19 28 21
  2. (specifically) vixen (female fox) Tags: feminine, specifically Categories (lifeform): Canids
    Sense id: en-raposa-pt-noun-VMIMW~~s Disambiguation of Canids: 32 19 28 21
  3. (Brazil, regional) oposum (any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae) Tags: Brazil, feminine, regional Categories (lifeform): Canids
    Sense id: en-raposa-pt-noun-dMT-KOJF Disambiguation of Canids: 32 19 28 21 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 26 4 52 19
  4. (usually derogatory) fox (a sly or cunning person) Tags: derogatory, feminine, usually Categories (lifeform): Canids Synonyms (fox): golpelha
    Sense id: en-raposa-pt-noun-a8p9gnps Disambiguation of Canids: 32 19 28 21 Disambiguation of 'fox': 33 26 0 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gambá Derived forms: raposo, casamento de raposa

Inflected forms

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