capybara

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• UK: /kapɪˈbɑːɹə/
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• US: /ˌkæpiˈbɛɹə/
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• US: /ˌkæpiˈbɑɹə/
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• US: /ˌkæpiˈbæɹə/
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From Spanish capibara, from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapi'iûara (literally “grass eater”).

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: خِنْزِير الْمَاء (ḵinzīr al-māʔ) — Hydrochoerus
• Armenian: ջրախոզուկ (ǰraxozuk) — Hydrochoerus
• Assamese: কেপিৱাৰা (kepiwara) — Hydrochoerus
• Aymara: kapiwara — Hydrochoerus
• Bulgarian: капибара (kapibara) — Hydrochoerus
• Canela: cũmtũm — Hydrochoerus
• Cashinahua: amen — Hydrochoerus
• Catalan: capibara — Hydrochoerus
• Chácobo: ámeno — Hydrochoerus
• Chamicuro: masiklo — Hydrochoerus
• Chinese Mandarin: 水豚 (shuǐtún) — Hydrochoerus
• Chinese Mandarin: 卡皮巴拉 (kǎpíbālā) — Hydrochoerus
• Czech: plavoun — Hydrochoerus
• Czech: kapybara — Hydrochoerus
• Danish: kapivar — Hydrochoerus
• Danish: flodsvin — Hydrochoerus
• Dutch: capibara — Hydrochoerus
• Dutch: waterzwijn — Hydrochoerus
• Dutch: kapoewa — Hydrochoerus
• Esperanto: hidroĥero — Hydrochoerus
• Esperanto: kapibaro — Hydrochoerus
• Estonian: kapibaara — Hydrochoerus
• Estonian: veesiga — Hydrochoerus
• Faroese: vatnsvín — Hydrochoerus
• Finnish: kapybara — Hydrochoerus
• Finnish: vesisika — Hydrochoerus
• French: capybara — Hydrochoerus
• French: cabiai — Hydrochoerus
• German: Capybara — Hydrochoerus
• German: Wasserschwein — Hydrochoerus
• Greek: καπιμπάρα (kapimpára) — Hydrochoerus
• Greek: υδρόχοιρος (ydróchoiros) — Hydrochoerus
• Guanano: dia wachʉ — Hydrochoerus
• Mbya Guarani: kapi'yva — Hydrochoerus
• Mbya Guarani: paiva — Hydrochoerus
• Hebrew: קפיבארה (kapibára) — Hydrochoerus
• Huambisa: kashai — Hydrochoerus
• Hungarian: vízidisznó — Hydrochoerus
• Hungarian: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Icelandic: flóðsvín — Hydrochoerus
• Indonesian: babi air — Hydrochoerus
• Indonesian: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Irish: capabára — Hydrochoerus
• Italian: capibara — Hydrochoerus
• Japanese: カピバラ (kapibara) — Hydrochoerus
• Japanese: 鬼天竺鼠 (onitenjikunezumi) — Hydrochoerus
• Japanese: オニテンジクネズミ (onitenjikunezumi) — Hydrochoerus
• Korean: 카피바라 (kapibara) — Hydrochoerus
• Latvian: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Lokono: kapoa — Hydrochoerus
• Lokono: kibiole — Hydrochoerus
• Lokono: kibiwarha — Hydrochoerus
• Lokono: kawalainaro — Hydrochoerus
• Macedonian: капиба́ра (kapibára) — Hydrochoerus
• Macedonian: во́дно пра́се (vódno práse) — Hydrochoerus
• Malay: babi air — Hydrochoerus
• Malay: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Norwegian: flodsvin — Hydrochoerus
• Norwegian: kapivar — Hydrochoerus
• Norwegian: kapybara — Hydrochoerus
• Old Tupi: kapi'iûara — Hydrochoerus
• Pashto: کاپيوره (kāpíwəra) — Hydrochoerus
• Persian: برگچهخوار،کَپیبارا — Hydrochoerus
• Polish: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Portuguese: capivara — Hydrochoerus
• Quechua: kapiwara — Hydrochoerus
• Romanian: capibara — Hydrochoerus
• Russian: капиба́ра (kapibára) — Hydrochoerus
• Russian: водосви́нка (vodosvínka) — Hydrochoerus
• Shipibo-Conibo: amen — Hydrochoerus
• Slovene: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: capibara — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: carpincho — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: chigüire — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: chigüiro — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: poncho — Hydrochoerus
• Spanish: ronsoco — Hydrochoerus
• Sranan Tongo: kapuwa — Hydrochoerus
• Swedish: kapybara — Hydrochoerus
• Swedish: kapybar — Hydrochoerus
• Swedish: vattensvin — Hydrochoerus
• Tagalog: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Tariana: hemasiéle — Hydrochoerus
• Trió: iwïrï — Hydrochoerus
• Turkish: kapibara — Hydrochoerus
• Ukrainian: капібара (kapibara) — Hydrochoerus
• Uyghur: سۇ چوشقىسى (su choshqisi) — Hydrochoerus
• Záparo: kápishu — Hydrochoerus