raposo

Attested since 1439 (the derivative raposeyra since 1228). Either from a derivative of Latin rapum (“turnip”), whence Galician rabo (“tail”) (and influenced by the root of rapio (“snatch, grab”)), or from rapar (“to snatch”). Cf. also Asturian rapiega, Spanish raposo (which may also have influenced it).

• IPA^(key): /raˈposo̝/

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas)

1. fox (animal)

   Synonyms: golpe, raposa, renarte

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 420:

     da pelica da marta, hua branca, et da lontra, dous diñeiros, et da raposa, hun diñeiro

     a marten pelt, a branca [coin]; and of otter, two diñeiros; and of fox, a diñeiro

• Raposa
• Raposeira
• Raposeiras
• Raposeiro

• Raposo
• raposa

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “raposo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “raposo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “raposo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “raposo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From raposa.

• Hyphenation: ra‧po‧so

raposo (feminine raposa, masculine plural raposos, feminine plural raposas, metaphonic)

1. foxlike in colour

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas, metaphonic)

1. a male fox (animal)
2. (by extension) crafty / wily person

   Synonym: pessoa manhosa

From raposa, from Old Spanish rabosa, probably from rabo (“tail”), itself from Latin rāpum (“turnip”). Probably influenced by Asturian rapiega (“fox”) or words related to rapiña and other derivatives of Latin rapiō (“snatch, grab”).^[1]

raposo m (plural raposos, feminine raposa, feminine plural raposas)

1. fox

   Synonym: zorro

• “raposo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024