lacrau

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alacrau, alacrão (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alacran (“scorpion”), from Arabic العَقْرَب‎ (al-ʕaqrab, “the scorpion”). Compare Spanish alacrán.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈkɾaw/ [laˈkɾaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkɾaw/

Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: la‧crau

Noun

lacrau m (plural lacraus)

(informal) scorpion
Synonym: escorpião

Related terms

Further reading

lacrau on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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