What does «raposa» mean in Spanish?
- Fox, vulpeja. Female of the fox.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Levantaron la cabeza sorprendidas y vieron una raposa junto al hoyo abierto. Era una raposa de las más hermosas de color y de aspecto que pudieran ver", El maravilloso viage de Nils Holgerssons a través de Suecia, Selma Lagerlöf - 1921.
"Fábula de la raposa, el gallo y los perros", Cuentos de la Edad Media y del Siglo de Oro - Página 117, Jesús Maire Bobes - 2002.
"La raposa imita cuando quiere el ladrido del perro y el aullido del lobo", Tesoros de Cornelio á Lápide... - 1866.
- Cunning, underhanded person.
- Another common name for the tacuacín (tacuazín) or opossum.
♦ Used in: Colombia - Bag or other container to contain vegetables.
♦ Used in: Cuba - (uva de raposa) Perennial liliaceous herb, producing a black, pea-sized, narcotic berry.
- (raposa de mar) A certain cetacean, cartilaginous fish that, according to the ancients, was cunning and quick like a fox, and is therefore also called a sea fox. The writer and naturalist Pliny called it in Latin "vulpes marina". This fish is also known in Spanish as alopecias¹, although another source² indicates that different ancient authors also attributed it to other species such as canicula, acanthias, mustelus, galearias, etc.
- (si mucho sabe la raposa, más sabe quien la toma) An old saying that advises that no one should trust his cunning, because when he least expects it, he will be discovered.