urubu-rei
Portuguese, noun/u.ɾuˈbu ˈʁej/
urubu-rei is spelled U-R-U-B-U-R-E-I (8 letters). Urubu-rei is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ave da família Cathartidae, habitante de zonas tropicais a semitropicais, desde o México à Argentina; tem…”.
What does urubu-rei mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineking vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ave da família Cathartidae, habitante de zonas tropicais a semitropicais, desde o México à Argentina; tem cabeça e pescoço nus, pintados de vermelho, amarelo e alaranjado, a parte superior do corpo amarelo-clara, esbranquiçada, asas e cauda pretas, o lado inferior branco, com plumagem branca e negra
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 urubu-rei
- urubus-reis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce urubu-rei?
- Brazil /u.ɾuˈbu ˈʁej/
- Brazil [u.ɾuˈbu ˈheɪ̯]
- /u.ɾuˈbu ˈʁej/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.