mamífero

Galician

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos)

mammal

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mammiferum, from mamma (“teat”) + ferō (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmi.fe.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈmi.fe.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈmi.fɨ.ɾu/

Hyphenation: ma‧mí‧fe‧ro

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos)

mammal

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mammifer: mamma (“teat”) + fero (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈmifeɾo/ [maˈmi.fe.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file)
Rhymes: -ifeɾo
Syllabification: ma‧mí‧fe‧ro

Adjective

mamífero (feminine mamífera, masculine plural mamíferos, feminine plural mamíferas)

mammalian

Noun

mamífero m (plural mamíferos)

mammal

Further reading

“mamífero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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