vampiro

/bamˈpiɾo/ · B1 · noun · m

vampire

vampiro — vampire

🧛🦇 Same as English vampire, with Spanish -o ending; v is said like a soft b

From Serbian vampir, via German and French. Spanish just adds the -o ending and stresses the middle: bam-PI-ro. Spanish v sounds like b, so it starts like bam.

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