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arúspice

Portuguese, noun/aˈɾus.pi.si/

arúspice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “haruspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “profeta que previa o futuro consultando as entranhas de animais ou humanos sacrificados”.

What does arúspice mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineharuspex (one who practices divination by inspecting entrails)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. profeta que previa o futuro consultando as entranhas de animais ou humanos sacrificados

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of arúspice

  • arúspices plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce arúspice?

  • Brazil /aˈɾus.pi.si/
  • /aˈɾuʃ.pi.si/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to arúspice

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.