alacrán

See also: alacran

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish alacran, from Andalusian Arabic العَقْرَب (al-ʕaqráb), from Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab, “scorpion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /alaˈkɾan/ [a.laˈkɾãn]
Audio (Venezuela): (file)
Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: a‧la‧crán

Noun

alacrán m (plural alacranes)

scorpion
Synonym: escorpión

Derived terms

cola de alacrán

Descendants

→ Kapampangan: alakdan
→ Tagalog: alakdan

Further reading

“alacrán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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