Home › Words › U › urubuurubu/ˈjuɹubu/urubu means A New World vulture (a vulture from South America).urubu is pronounced /ˈjuɹubu/.EtymologyBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese urubu, borrowed from Old Tupi urubu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruβu, from Proto-Tupian *urupˀu.nounA New World vulture (a vulture from South America).Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).