rangífero
See also: rangifero
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin rangiferō.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾu/ [hɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾu/ [χɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾo/ [hɐ̃ˈʒi.fe.ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ̃ˈʒi.fɨ.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: ran‧gí‧fe‧ro
Noun
rangífero m (plural rangíferos)
- reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
- Synonym: rena
Further reading
- “rangífero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “rangífero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- rengífero
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ranˈxifeɾo/ [rãŋˈxi.fe.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -ifeɾo
- Syllabification: ran‧gí‧fe‧ro
Noun
rangífero m (plural rangíferos)
- reindeer
- 1914, Tercer Censo Nacional, volume 2, Buenos Aires, page 20:
- [El huemul] tiene la talla de un rengífero, salvo la cornamenta, que es mucho más pequeña y que adorno sólo la cabeza del macho.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “rangífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “rangífero”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN