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Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpɔtamo/ [i.poˈpɔ.t̪a.mʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔtamo

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos)

1. hippopotamus

• “hipopótamo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

• hipopotamo (superseded)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

• Hyphenation: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

   Synonym: (obsolete) cavalo-marinho

Learned borrowing from Late Latin hippopotamus, from Ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος (hippopótamos, “river horse”).

• IPA^(key): /ipoˈpotamo/ [i.poˈpo.t̪a.mo]
• Rhymes: -otamo
• Syllabification: hi‧po‧pó‧ta‧mo

hipopótamo m (plural hipopótamos, feminine hipopótama, feminine plural hipopótamas)

1. hippopotamus

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