buitre

/ˈbwitɾe/ · B2 · noun · m

vulture

🦅 sounds like 'BWEE-tray' — a vulture 'booed' the leftovers, 'bwee, tray' of scraps

Say it as 'bwee-tre': think of a bird that shows up at a 'tray' of leftovers and cries 'bwee!' Spanish buitre comes from Latin vultur, the same root as English vulture, so the two words are close cousins.

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