cigarra
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɡa.hɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɡa.χɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈɡa.ʁa/ [siˈɡa.ha]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /siˈɡa.ʁɐ/ [siˈɣa.ʁɐ]
- Rhymes: -aʁɐ
- Hyphenation: ci‧gar‧ra
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of chicharra, which arrived via Mozarabic. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡara/ [θiˈɣ̞a.ra]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡara/ [siˈɣ̞a.ra]
- Rhymes: -ara
- Syllabification: ci‧ga‧rra
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cigarra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 72
Further reading
- “cigarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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